Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Bates (H.E.) Flowers and Faces, number 45 of 60 specially-bound copies signed by the author, from an edition of 325, wood-engraved pictorial title and 4 plates by John Nash, small gilt-stamped leather book-plate of W.A.Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey, original green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, [Chanticleer 106], Golden Cockerel Press, 1935; with an additional suite of the 4 wood-engraved plates on Japon, each signed in pencil, loose in green paper envelope (faded at edges), 4to (2)
⁂ The additional suite of wood-engravings was apparently issued a month after publication of the book, in an edition of 50.
Lot 108
Golden Cockerel Press.- Bates (H.E.) Flowers and Faces, number 45 of 60 specially-bound copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by John Nash, original morocco, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 with an additional suite of plates on Japon, all signed (2)
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Bates (H.E.) Flowers and Faces, number 45 of 60 specially-bound copies signed by the author, from an edition of 325, wood-engraved pictorial title and 4 plates by John Nash, small gilt-stamped leather book-plate of W.A.Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey, original green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, [Chanticleer 106], Golden Cockerel Press, 1935; with an additional suite of the 4 wood-engraved plates on Japon, each signed in pencil, loose in green paper envelope (faded at edges), 4to (2)
⁂ The additional suite of wood-engravings was apparently issued a month after publication of the book, in an edition of 50.