Lot 65
Gray (John) Silverpoints, first edition, one of 250 copies, 1893.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Gray (John) Silverpoints, first edition, number 219 of 250 copies, this copy on Spalding hand-made paper, decorative initials by Charles Ricketts, with 2 contemporary newspaper reviews and A.L.s. from bibliophile Stanley Scott to Beardsley collector W.G.Good loosely inserted, original green cloth decorated with gilt leaves and wavy lines, designed by Ricketts, uncut, preserved in custom morocco-backed Cockerell marbled paper folder with flaps, spine gilt, 8vo, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.
Description
Gray (John) Silverpoints, first edition, number 219 of 250 copies, this copy on Spalding hand-made paper, decorative initials by Charles Ricketts, with 2 contemporary newspaper reviews and A.L.s. from bibliophile Stanley Scott to Beardsley collector W.G.Good loosely inserted, original green cloth decorated with gilt leaves and wavy lines, designed by Ricketts, uncut, preserved in custom morocco-backed Cockerell marbled paper folder with flaps, spine gilt, 8vo, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.
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