Lot 155
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd, 1938.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 24 colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, light spotting to endpapers original pictorial boards, spine very slightly browned and with some repairs and wear to joints, slight rubbing to other extremities, preserved in decorative board slip-case, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd, 1938.
⁂ Overall a very good copy of this hugely popular but notoriously fragile book, one of the best examples of Ravilious' 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, light spotting to endpapers original pictorial boards, spine very slightly browned and with some repairs and wear to joints, slight rubbing to other extremities, preserved in decorative board slip-case, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd, 1938.
⁂ Overall a very good copy of this hugely popular but notoriously fragile book, one of the best examples of Ravilious' experimentations with colour lithography produced for the Curwen Press.
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