Lot 121
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, colour lithographs by Ravilious, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 24 colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, faint spotting to endpapers, original pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at edges and corners bumped, spine a little browned and frayed at head with slight loss, joints worn and chipped, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.
⁂ A notoriously fragile book, one of the best examples of Ravilious's experimentations with colour lithography produced for the Curwen Press.
Description
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 24 colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, faint spotting to endpapers, original pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at edges and corners bumped, spine a little browned and frayed at head with slight loss, joints worn and chipped, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.
⁂ A notoriously fragile book, one of the best examples of Ravilious's experimentations with colour lithography produced for the Curwen Press.
