[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Hours of Idleness Roycrofters which mellows with age from

which mellows with age from white to a rich amber color

outer gilt flower & leaf gilt frame flanked with thick blind tooled rules

and every facet of his personality and sensibility was called upon to produce this masterpiece of print and spirit

featuring an elegant inlaid Arts & Crafts design of a large inlaid burgundy central ornament with navy border and four inlaid teal flowers and small green leaves

Offsetting to endpapers

[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Hours of Idleness Roycrofters which mellows with age fromByron, Lord George Gordon. Hours of Idleness: A Series of Poems, Original and Illustrated. London: Printed for W. T. Sherwin, 1820. The sixth edition overall, and the first authorized edition. With an engraved frontispiece after J. Halsted. Also with the misprint 'lngth' for 'length' on line 1 of p. 160. Bound in full navy morocco for Bumpus (almost certainly by Riviere & Son) with exquisite inlaid floral red and green mosaic panels to both boards,