The Lore of the Unicorn

Shepard, Odell. The Lore of the Unicorn. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1930. First edition. Quarto. 312pp., xxxiii plates. Original red cloth with blind stamped illustration and lettering on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Account of the “…lore of the unicorn (in) its enormous range and variety, not only because of the great expanse of time it covers but because it involves so many different departments of knowledge, and the literature dealing specifically with the topic is surprisingly extensive.” (author). Illustrated with 24 beautiful full-page b/w renderings of topical artwork and some in-text drawings. Includes an index and notes on the illustrations. Binding lightly rubbed and bumped at corners. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (35358) $95