£5,544
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
The 1818 text in three volumes illustrated by Barry Moser, and with essays by Ruther Mortimer, Emily Sunstein, Joyce Carol Oates and William St. Clair. West Hatfield [MA]: Pennyroyal, 1983. Folio, inscribed to William St. Clair from Barry Moser, limited to 350 copies, this is copy number 'Staff - 9', signed by Moser, binding by Sam Ellenport of Harcourt Bindery Boston, with extra suite of wood-engravings, all initialled in pencil by Moser, extra suite in original cloth folder, volume in brown morocco-backed red cloth, both within original brown morocco-backed cloth slipcase with metal medallion countersunk in spine
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.