Lot 483
O'Connor (Gemma, binder).- Theocritus. Sixe Idyllia, number 198 of 270 copies from an edition limited to 417, New York, Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions, 1971.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
O'Connor (Gemma, binder).- Theocritus. Sixe Idyllia, number 198 of 270 copies, from an edition limited to 417, 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, bound in dark brown oasis goatskin, by Gemma O'Connor, upper cover with bull's head inlaid in fawn goatskin and tooled in gilt, bull's head in blind to lower cover, Greek lettering in blind to spine, g.e., suede flyleaves and light brown goatskin endpapers, custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 4to (c.340 x 250mm.), New York, Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions, 1971.
Description
O'Connor (Gemma, binder).- Theocritus. Sixe Idyllia, number 198 of 270 copies, from an edition limited to 417, 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, bound in dark brown oasis goatskin, by Gemma O'Connor, upper cover with bull's head inlaid in fawn goatskin and tooled in gilt, bull's head in blind to lower cover, Greek lettering in blind to spine, g.e., suede flyleaves and light brown goatskin endpapers, custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 4to (c.340 x 250mm.), New York, Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions, 1971.
