Book Description

Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1923, limited edition deluxe of 125 copies for sale. This no 94. White cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Blind stamped border to front board. 11.5ins x 9.5ins, xxii, 288pp, 4pp book adverts plus 39 colour illustrations (on 32pp), 132 black and white illustrations (on 86pp) and an original signed drypoint etching by Norman Wilkinson. Also some drawings & illustrations within the text. Foreword by H.T. Sheringham. Limititation page signed by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Artists providing the colour plates include John S. Sargent, Ernest Briggs, John Sell Cotman, Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Alken, John Zoffany and Norman Wilkinson. Nb the etching by Norman Wilkinson is only present in the deluxe limited edition. Slight browning to free endpapers. A VG copy. Please note book weighs 2.6kg, extra postage would be required for overseas postage.
Dealer Notes
stock no: 53145
Author Sparrow, W. Shaw
Date 1923
Binding Cloth
Publisher John Lane
Condition VG

Price: £175.00

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