Lot 373
Butts (Mary) Armed with Madness, number 1 of 100 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tancred Borenius, Wishart & Company, 1928.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Butts (Mary) Armed with Madness, number 1 of 100 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tancred Borenius to endpaper, frontispiece and 2 plates by Jean Cocteau, original blue buckram, light toning to spine t.e.g., others uncut, largely unopened, Wishart & Company, 1928.
⁂ A presentation copy of Butts' key book, an experimental modernist work based around the grail legend, rare.
Tancred Borenius (1885-1948) was a Finnish art historian working in England. He befriended and Roger Fry who introduced him to the art and literary circles in Britain, including it seems Butts who was also a friend of Fry's.
Description
Butts (Mary) Armed with Madness, number 1 of 100 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tancred Borenius to endpaper, frontispiece and 2 plates by Jean Cocteau, original blue buckram, light toning to spine t.e.g., others uncut, largely unopened, Wishart & Company, 1928.
⁂ A presentation copy of Butts' key book, an experimental modernist work based around the grail legend, rare.
Tancred Borenius (1885-1948) was a Finnish art historian working in England. He befriended and Roger Fry who introduced him to the art and literary circles in Britain, including it seems Butts who was also a friend of Fry's.
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