Book Description

Privately printed for Douglas Cleveland No. XVII of XXIII large paper copies. 19.3 x 24.2 cm bound in brown niger morocco by John R. Grey and Son Ltd, with a gilt monogram to the front made after an engraving by Stephen Gooden; unpaginated 25 tissue-guarded leaves with poems engraved on copper by Charles Sigrist on one side only, the title-page being a proof signed by the artist. Signed and numbered by Sassoon to the Colophon at the rear. Laid in are a proof copy of the prospectus/proposal indicating that the original price for the book was £6-6-0, together with a list of the 3 different styles of this limited edition and, oddly, a receipted Douglas Cleverdon bill for £12-12-0 for one of the 8 vellum copies.
Author SASSOON, Siegfried
Date 1934
Publisher Privately printed for Douglas Cleveland, Bristol
Illustrator GOODEN, Stephen
Condition NF

Price: £3750.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

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