Lot 202
Nonesuch Press.- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, 2 vol., limited edition, wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious, 1938
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Nonesuch Press.- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, edited by H.J.Massingham, 2 vol., number 462 of 850 copies, fine wood-engraved pictorial titles and head- & tail-pieces by Eric Ravilious, folding map, inscribed by A.J.A.Symons "For John Rayner who almost made me read this masterpiece: with typographical salutations from AJ. Finchingfield 1940" on front free endpaper, some light spotting, mostly at beginnings and ends, original pictorial grey buckram, gilt, spines gilt with animal motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, spines a little faded (as usual), [Dreyfus 114], 8vo, Nonesuch Press, 1938.
⁂ A.J.A.Symons (1900-41), writer and bibliographer, founder of the First Edition Club, and the Wine & Food Society (with André Simon), and author of The Quest for Corvo about the eccentric writer Frederick Rolfe.
Description
Nonesuch Press.- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne, edited by H.J.Massingham, 2 vol., number 462 of 850 copies, fine wood-engraved pictorial titles and head- & tail-pieces by Eric Ravilious, folding map, inscribed by A.J.A.Symons "For John Rayner who almost made me read this masterpiece: with typographical salutations from AJ. Finchingfield 1940" on front free endpaper, some light spotting, mostly at beginnings and ends, original pictorial grey buckram, gilt, spines gilt with animal motifs, t.e.g., others uncut, spines a little faded (as usual), [Dreyfus 114], 8vo, Nonesuch Press, 1938.
⁂ A.J.A.Symons (1900-41), writer and bibliographer, founder of the First Edition Club, and the Wine & Food Society (with André Simon), and author of The Quest for Corvo about the eccentric writer Frederick Rolfe.
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