Antique Arts and Crafts era cloth book from 1897. Author is Elia W.Peattie. Pippins and Cheese states it is a book being the relation of how a number of persons ate a number of dinners at various times and places.
Published in 1897 by Way and Williams this is a first edition book.
Wear to page edges but book is in remarkable clean condition inside and some gilding intact.
Cover design and title page by Frank Hazenplug in a nice Art Nouveau design.
Two of the short stories in this book the author thanks Harper's Weekly and Cosmopolitan Magazine for permission in using them.
Very avant garde at the time book I believe.