[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village E-List 36 Dibdin studied art at Edinburgh

Dibdin studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (known at that time as the Royal Institution) and worked as the art critic for the Liverpool Courier newspaper from 1887 to 1904

with long green stems

Light rubbing to edges and some browning and spotting to cream covers and spine

along with some minor gilt loss

Turn-ins on both front and back covers gilt-rolled and ruled

[Roycrofters | Limited to 40 Copies] The Deserted Village E-List 36 Dibdin studied art at EdinburghGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1898. Handwritten on the limitation page: "Numbers one to forty are specially illumined by hand", with this being #39. Signed by the illuminator, Minnie Gardner, and signed in Elbert Hubbard's name. Large initials in green and gold, and illuminated throughout by Gardner with beautiful watercolor vignettes. Printed in black and green on Dickinson's wove. Paper covered boards with