£630
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
13 in total, all on lightweight Japanese paper, various dimensions (sheet sizes 16 x 12cm to 22.5 x 20.5cm), 9 signed by Robert Gibbings (in pencil), and including: 5 wood-engravings for Songs and Poems by Henry Carey, 1924 (all signed); 4 for Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, by Henry David Thoreau, 1924 (all but one signed); 1 for Pelagea and Other Poems, by A. E. Coppard, 1926 (signed); and 3 for The 7th Man, A True Cannibal Tale ... by Robert Gibbings, 1930 (unsigned); a few spotted, a few with adhesive staining or remains of paper tabs to corners, each housed in separate envelope with bookseller's typescript label (G. F. Sims)
Provenance: Property of an English collector.