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Auction archive: Lot number 189

Rieu (E.V.) St Mark's Gospel, limited edition, bound in dark red morocco by C.Last, printed by the Curwen Press, 1951 & others (4)

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$384 - US$640
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 189

Rieu (E.V.) St Mark's Gospel, limited edition, bound in dark red morocco by C.Last, printed by the Curwen Press, 1951 & others (4)

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$384 - US$640
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Rieu (E.V., translator) St Mark's Gospel, A New Translation from the Greek, limited edition, wood-engraved title-vignette, frontispiece and chapter numbers by Reynolds Stone and printed in terracotta, bookplate of Lord Wardington, bound in dark red morocco, [by Christopher Last], covers with overall design of diamond tools in black and small gilt crosses, spine titled in gilt with triple raised bands at head and foot, signed with "Ω" in gilt on rear turn-in, g.e., cloth slip-case, printed at the Curwen Press, 1951 § Williams (Gwyn, translator) Against Women, a Satire translated from the Old Welsh, number 54 of 100 specially-bound copies with an extra engraving signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 350, wood-engraved title and full-page illustrations by John Petts printed in colours, original pictorial purple lizardskin, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, Golden Cockerel Press, 1953 § Shakespeare (William) Sonnets, number 81 of 350 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes by John Lawrence initials in red, blue and green, original mid-blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorksi & Sutcliffe, g.e., spine a little faded, printed at the Whittington Press of Andoversford for Asprey & Co, 1979; and another, 8vo & 4to (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 189
Auction:
Datum:
27 Mar 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Rieu (E.V., translator) St Mark's Gospel, A New Translation from the Greek, limited edition, wood-engraved title-vignette, frontispiece and chapter numbers by Reynolds Stone and printed in terracotta, bookplate of Lord Wardington, bound in dark red morocco, [by Christopher Last], covers with overall design of diamond tools in black and small gilt crosses, spine titled in gilt with triple raised bands at head and foot, signed with "Ω" in gilt on rear turn-in, g.e., cloth slip-case, printed at the Curwen Press, 1951 § Williams (Gwyn, translator) Against Women, a Satire translated from the Old Welsh, number 54 of 100 specially-bound copies with an extra engraving signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 350, wood-engraved title and full-page illustrations by John Petts printed in colours, original pictorial purple lizardskin, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, Golden Cockerel Press, 1953 § Shakespeare (William) Sonnets, number 81 of 350 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignettes by John Lawrence initials in red, blue and green, original mid-blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorksi & Sutcliffe, g.e., spine a little faded, printed at the Whittington Press of Andoversford for Asprey & Co, 1979; and another, 8vo & 4to (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 189
Auction:
Datum:
27 Mar 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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