Lot 241
Whittington Press.- Pringle (Roger) A Garland for the Laureate: Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, one of 75 copies signed by all the contributors, with photograph of Barry Humphries with Betjeman, 1981
Hammer Price: £1,100
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Whittington Press.- Pringle (Roger, editor) A Garland for the Laureate: Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, number 6 of 75 copies signed by all the contributors, from an edition limited to 350, signatures of contributors on verso of half-title, title with wood-engraved floral border by Miriam Macgregor, with black & white photograph of Barry Humphries with Betjeman loosely inserted, original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, Stratford-upon-Avon, printed by the Whittington Press for the Celandine Press, 1981 § Dowson (Ernest) A Bouquet, chosen by Desmond Flower, number 5 of 95 copies signed by the editor and artist, this copy signed and inscribed by the editor "Barry Humphries' copy with compliments and warm regards Desmond Flower" on front free endpaper, pochoir illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, slip-case, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1991, 4to (2)
⁂ The contributors to the first include Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, Stephen Spender, and Ted Hughes.
Description
Whittington Press.- Pringle (Roger, editor) A Garland for the Laureate: Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, number 6 of 75 copies signed by all the contributors, from an edition limited to 350, signatures of contributors on verso of half-title, title with wood-engraved floral border by Miriam Macgregor, with black & white photograph of Barry Humphries with Betjeman loosely inserted, original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, Stratford-upon-Avon, printed by the Whittington Press for the Celandine Press, 1981 § Dowson (Ernest) A Bouquet, chosen by Desmond Flower, number 5 of 95 copies signed by the editor and artist, this copy signed and inscribed by the editor "Barry Humphries' copy with compliments and warm regards Desmond Flower" on front free endpaper, pochoir illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, slip-case, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1991, 4to (2)
⁂ The contributors to the first include Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, Stephen Spender, and Ted Hughes.
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