Lot 201
Jones (David).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of 400 copies from an edition limited to 470, Evan Gill's copy, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Jones (David).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of 400 copies from an edition limited to 470, Autograph Card signed from Will Carter to Evan Gill loosely inserted, copper-engraved head- & tail-pieces and 8 plates by David Jones, prospectuses for the present work and for the Rampant Lions Press re-issue loosely inserted, endpapers browned, original buckram-backed boards, spine a little browned, bumping to spine ends, bumping and wear to corners and fore-edge, uncut, 4to, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929.
⁂ "You wod. be interested to know that I have been printing a re-issue of "The Ancient Mariner" with David Jones's engravings. And that I had a letter from that splendidly mad woman Cecile Dorward the other day" - Will Carter.
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.
Description
Jones (David).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of 400 copies from an edition limited to 470, Autograph Card signed from Will Carter to Evan Gill loosely inserted, copper-engraved head- & tail-pieces and 8 plates by David Jones, prospectuses for the present work and for the Rampant Lions Press re-issue loosely inserted, endpapers browned, original buckram-backed boards, spine a little browned, bumping to spine ends, bumping and wear to corners and fore-edge, uncut, 4to, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929.
⁂ "You wod. be interested to know that I have been printing a re-issue of "The Ancient Mariner" with David Jones's engravings. And that I had a letter from that splendidly mad woman Cecile Dorward the other day" - Will Carter.
Provenance: From the collection of Evan Gill, purchased directly from the estate.
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