Curwen Press.- Ashbee (C.R., editor) Peckover: The Abbotscourt Papers 1904-1931, number 88 of 350 copies, inscribed by the editor "To G.S.Tomkinson, colleague, fellow Kingsman, & lover of the things that count for beauty...C.R.Ashbee Dec. 1933" on limitation leaf, full-page pochoir illustrations by Reginald Savage, original parchment-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., light browning and soiling, Astolat Press, 1932 § Armstrong (Martin) Saint Hercules and other stories, number 228 of 310 copies on handmade paper, pochoir illustrations by Paul Nash, some full-page, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards designed by Nash, uncut, spine ends bumped, The Fleuron Ltd., [1922] § Bennett (Arnold) Venus Rising from the Sea, number 77 of 350 copies signed by the artist, pochoir plates by E.McKnight Kauffer, original cloth, uncut, upper cover stained, 1931, all printed by the Curwen Press; and 7 others, Curwen Press, v.s. (10)
⁂ G.S.Tomkinson (1881-1963), cricketer, businessman, and author of A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses Public and Private in Great Britain and Ireland published by The First Edition Club in 1928.
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