Lot 471

Ricketts (Charles).- Bottomley (Gordon) A Vision of Giorgione, one of only 60 copies signed by the author, 1922 & others by the same, many inscribed (15)

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

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Ricketts (Charles).- Bottomley (Gordon) A Vision of Giorgione, number 31 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1922; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Wilfrid and Geraldine Gibson on front free endpaper, 1922; Gruach and Britain's Daughter: Two Plays, number 39 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1921; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Robin de la Condamine, 1921; Poems of Thirty Years, letter H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 87, inscribed by the author with 2 long poems to [W.] Graham [Robertson] on front free endpaper, invitation to exhibition loosely inserted, 1925; another, ordinary copy, with 4pp. A.L.s. from the author to a Mrs Matthay loosely inserted, 1925; Scenes and Plays, number H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 112, signed and inscribed to [W.] Graham Robertson, original cream cloth, 1929; The Gate of Smaragdus, first edition, plates by Clinton Balmer, signed and inscribed "For Paul Delaney, to remind him of his exploration among the Gordon Bottomley papers, with best wishes from Roger Lancelyn Green..." on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, with the fragile dust-jacket (a little torn and frayed), 1904, occasional foxing, all but the last two in original cloth bindings designed by Charles Ricketts, the special copies in cream cloth blocked in gilt, the others in green cloth stamped in blind or red cloth in yellow, all uncut, most a little rubbed, some spines faded; and 7 others by Bottomley, some signed or with letters, v.s. (15)

The Property of J.Paul Delaney, author of a biography and other books on Charles Ricketts

Description

Ricketts (Charles).- Bottomley (Gordon) A Vision of Giorgione, number 31 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1922; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Wilfrid and Geraldine Gibson on front free endpaper, 1922; Gruach and Britain's Daughter: Two Plays, number 39 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1921; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Robin de la Condamine, 1921; Poems of Thirty Years, letter H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 87, inscribed by the author with 2 long poems to [W.] Graham [Robertson] on front free endpaper, invitation to exhibition loosely inserted, 1925; another, ordinary copy, with 4pp. A.L.s. from the author to a Mrs Matthay loosely inserted, 1925; Scenes and Plays, number H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 112, signed and inscribed to [W.] Graham Robertson, original cream cloth, 1929; The Gate of Smaragdus, first edition, plates by Clinton Balmer, signed and inscribed "For Paul Delaney, to remind him of his exploration among the Gordon Bottomley papers, with best wishes from Roger Lancelyn Green..." on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, with the fragile dust-jacket (a little torn and frayed), 1904, occasional foxing, all but the last two in original cloth bindings designed by Charles Ricketts, the special copies in cream cloth blocked in gilt, the others in green cloth stamped in blind or red cloth in yellow, all uncut, most a little rubbed, some spines faded; and 7 others by Bottomley, some signed or with letters, v.s. (15)

The Property of J.Paul Delaney, author of a biography and other books on Charles Ricketts

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