Lot 145
Sparrow, W.S.--Frank Brangwyn
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs | 09 May 2007
Description
A book of bridges, 1915, plates by Frank Brangwyn, brown half morocco by Bumpus; Barman, C. The Bridge, 1926, plates by Brangwyn, blue half morocco by Bayntun; Nixon, M. Royal palaces & gardens, A. and C. Black, 1916, edition de luxe, number 196 of 200 copies signed by the artist, red half morocco by Bayntun; Basile, G. Stories from the pentamerone, 1911, green half morocco by Bayntun; Wilde, O. The ballad of Reading gaol, 1924, number 30 of 50 copies, woodcuts by Frans Masereel, half morocco, rubbed; Stendhal. Scarlet and black, 1 of 75 sets of signed artist's proofs only, no text volume, 4to, cloth-backed boards, ties; Davies, W.H. Moss and feather, 1928, number 237 of 500 copies signed by the author, large paper edition, illustrations by William Nicholson, original boards, soiled; Stevenson, R.L. Travels with a donkey, 1931, presentation copy from E. Blampied the illustrator, original cloth, dust-jacket; all with paper library label affixed to foot of spine; and 6 others, illustrated (14)