London: William Heinemann/New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Limited deluxe edition (one of only 40 copies). Comprising 13 woodcuts, each hand-colored, signed, and dated by William Nicholson; each mounted to card as issued. With folio text booklet with printed quatorzains by W.E. Henley; disbound, with an additional loose title-page for Russell, New York edition (each approximately 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; 444 x 349 mm). Woodcuts loose as issued in cloth-covered board pictorial portfolio, stamped in black and in red, ties perished, soiling to boards, foxing and repairs to inner boards and flaps; scattered light soiling to cards; scattered very light wear along edges, small chipping and rubbing to corners. Woodcuts 10 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (257 x 232 mm) on 20 1/8 x 19 1/2 in. (511 x 495 mm) cards. Campbell 53A

Rare deluxe edition of William Nicholson's London Types, one of only 40 copies printed from the original woodblocks and hand-colored, signed, and dated by Nicholson. Images include: Bus Driver (Knightsbridge Road), Guardsman (The Horse Guards), Hawker (Kensington), Beef-eater (The Tower), Sandwich-man (Trafalgar Square), Coster (Hammersmith), Lady (Rotten Row), Bluecoat Boy (Newgate Street), Policeman (Constitution Hill), Newsboy (The City), Drum-major (Wimbledon Common), Flower Girl (Any Corner), and Barmaid (Any Bar).