A superb copy of the Signed Numbered Limited Edition (no 51) in Japanese Vellum and faux leather binding with embossed roundels to front and back SIGNED to the limitation page by Dorothy Hartley and with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Quarto 10½"x7½" xxvii (i)318pps.Uncut with final leaves unopened, printed endpapers coloured frontispiece and 3 plates plus eleven B&W and numerous line drawings in the text. The book itself in 8 parts: Of the Land, Of the People, Of the Household, Travellers' tales, Of Doctors and Science, Of Beasts, Of Fears and Ghosts, Of Curses and Prayers. Dorothy Hartley was a social historian from Skipton in Yorkshire and is best known for her influential later book "Food in England" described by Delia Smith as "A classic book without a worthy successor – a must for any keen English Cook."