[Bignold, Mary] ? "Lancelot Speed"
£338
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A sojourn in the Highlands, with over two hundred illustrations. Achanalt, Rosshire, 1885. 4to, original albumen print frontispiece of Mary Bignold, original upper wrapper of antlers initialled M.B. bound in at end, green half morocco, t.e.g.
Footnote
Note: Although the 1996 reprint is attributed to Lancelot Speed, the photographic frontispiece is of Mary Bignold, and the original upper cover comprises antlers and the initials "M.B." suggesting that Mary Bignold may have been the author or illustrator. Very rare.