The Devil's Devices Or Control versus Service by Douglas Pepler

London: Hampshire House Workshop, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated red boards, black cloth spine. Near fine. (VIII), 128 pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. Twelve illustrations or devices all of which, with the exception of that on p. (IV) are wood engravings by Gill, printing run of 1500 copies. Unopened, bookplate of Richard D. Friedlander, and laid in a letter from J. Murray Sowerbv to Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth, a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1915 and as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1919 and 1922. GILL 259. Bright, sharp copy, hint of rubbing to front cover.