Description
Over 1000 dust-jackets for various works of literature, including: Salinger, J.D. The catcher in the Rye [UK first edition]; Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 [UK edition]; Beaton, Cecil Ballet; Golding, William Lord of the flies, some holes and writing to upper flap; a selection of jackets for the New Naturalist series of books; a selection of dust-jacket designed by John Piper, including: Buildings and prospects, lacking flaps, and Betjeman, John First and last loves, with some ink notations; other jackets designed by artists such as John Minton and Eric Fraser; And a selection of books on Japan, inclusing Kimura, Shotaro and Peake, Charlotte M.A.Sword and blossom poems... Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [1907-08]. Volumes 1 & 3 only, volume 1 with a slip reading 'with good wishes from C.M.A. Peake', original colour pictorial padded covers, lacking spines, upper cover to volume 1 detached; Album of 12 Japanese watercolours, covers detached; and 2 others