[Fine Binding | Pfister] Collection of Watches Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

[Hearn, Mrs. George A.] Collection of Watches Loaned to The Metropolitan Museum of Art of the City of New York By Mrs. George A. Hearn. New York: Privately Printed [at the Gilliss Press], 1907. 87 catalog entries and 10 fine engraved plates after photos by Charles Balliard.

Bound in full grained dark green morocco by Pfister, with a gilt frame accented with floral tooling to the covers. Five bands to spine with title to second compartment and small flower stamp to remaining compartments. Turn-ins with dense floral gilt roll and deep green moire silk endpapers. Marbled flyleaves, top edge gilt. Measures approx. 7.5" x 10". General mellowing to brown around the edges and spine, rubbing to edges and spine bands. Corners bumped, a few scratches and spots to covers. Some fingerprint smudges to pages & wear to fore edge. Page 3 of text detached from binding, but still present.