Gladstone (Capt. Charles Elsden, binder).- Blunt (Wilfrid Scawen) In vinculis, first edition one of 50 large paper copies signed by the printer, etched portrait, bound in turquoise crushed morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with leafy sprays, by Charles Elsden Gladstone, spine titled in gilt and with leafy tendril, turn-ins tooled in gilt with leafy sprays, pink silk moiré doublures, signed "C.E.G." at foot of front turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, 8vo (binding c.205 x 130mm.), 1889.

⁂ Capt. Charles Elsden Gladstone, R.N. (1855-1919) was a Royal Navy officer who bound several books in the early 20th century. Nothing is known of his training but it is believed that he executed the "finishing" (gold-tooling and decoration) on books already bound. His work is of a high standard and this example is typical in its all-over design using foliage decoration.