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London: Otto Monsted Ltd, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Richmond Studios, Reinhold Thiele. Grey boards with unlettered bron cloth spine, title label to front, generally clean but some outer corner rubbing (in acetate wrap-around sleeve as acquired). Dedication page+f/piece photo tipped onto brown card, with protective tissue + illustrated t.p.+ pp.1-19 (with photo of 'The Modern Milkmaid' to verso p.19 + (1, blank)+ c.50 unnumbered ill. plates on recto c.100 pp., one being an unfolding 5 pp. panoramic photo of the factory, + an ill.t.p. 'A few remarks to the Retail Trade'+ pp.20-31+photo of their delivery van verso p.31 +_ (1, black on orange printed decorated colophon with printer and illustrator details, all printed text pp. in red border. Text sections open with large red illuminated capitals. Actually undated but founded in 1989 according to opening account. Clearly a lavish production. Otto Monsted was the largest and pioneering margarine producer in the UK.… Read More