Lot 204
Powys (Theodore Francis) Uncle Dottery, one of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of the plates, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1930 & others by the same (7)
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Powys (Theodore Francis) Uncle Dottery, one of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of the plates and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 350, 2 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, additional engravings loose in pocket at end, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1930 § When Thou Wast Naked, one of 500 copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by John Nash, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931; Soliloquies of a Hermit, first edition, signed & inscribed by the author to F.G.Robinson, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, spine torn, 1918; Fables, first edition, with long signed inscription by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by Gilbert Spencer, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine rubbed and faded, 1929; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)
⁂ The third is the author's first book.
Description
Powys (Theodore Francis) Uncle Dottery, one of 50 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of the plates and signed by the author, from an edition limited to 350, 2 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, additional engravings loose in pocket at end, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1930 § When Thou Wast Naked, one of 500 copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by John Nash, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1931; Soliloquies of a Hermit, first edition, signed & inscribed by the author to F.G.Robinson, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, spine torn, 1918; Fables, first edition, with long signed inscription by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by Gilbert Spencer, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine rubbed and faded, 1929; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7)
⁂ The third is the author's first book.
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