Perfection by Jose Maria de Eca De Queiroz. Translated from the Portuguese by Charles Marriott. Illustrated and signed by John Austen. Number 99 of a limited edition of 250 copies on hand-made paper. Published by Selwyn and Blount in 1923. Gray boards slightly soiled. The spine has a transverse and vertical crack, 3cms on it (seen with other copies) and a loss at the top about 1cm square). There is browning on the rear paste-down. The pages are rough cut with browning on the edges. The pages and illustrations are otherwise quite clean with a tight binding.The black and gold illustrations are delightful. Overall very good.