Lot 222
Prévost (Abbé) Manon Lescaut, limited edition, plates by Alastair, London & New York, 1928 & another edition illustrated by John Austen (2)
Estimate: £200 - 300
Description
Prévost (Abbé) Manon Lescaut, limited edition (out-of-series copy), plates in orange and black by Alastair, captioned tissue guards, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned and spotted, upper joint split and spine chipped, London & New York, 1928; another edition, inscribed by the editor "To Manon's Illustrator with best wishes from Geoffrey Bles 'D'" on front free endpaper, colour plates by John Austen, occasional spotting, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, browned at edges, 1928, 4to (2)
Description
Prévost (Abbé) Manon Lescaut, limited edition (out-of-series copy), plates in orange and black by Alastair, captioned tissue guards, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned and spotted, upper joint split and spine chipped, London & New York, 1928; another edition, inscribed by the editor "To Manon's Illustrator with best wishes from Geoffrey Bles 'D'" on front free endpaper, colour plates by John Austen, occasional spotting, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, browned at edges, 1928, 4to (2)