Bone, Gertrude and Stephen
14 volumes, some signed, comprising
£250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Women of the Country. 1913, first edition, dustwrapper; Bone, Gertrude. The Brow of Courage. 1916, 2 copies, both first editions, one presentation copy to David Drummond Bone, the other with dustwrapper, original cloth; Bone, Gertrude. Mr Paul. 1921, 2 copies, 8vo, each one of 750 copies signed by Gertrude and Stephen Bone, woodcuts by Stephen Bone, original green cloth, uncut, dustwrappers; Bone, Gertrude. The Furrowed Earth. Woodcuts by Stephen Bone. 1921, first edition, original brown cloth; Bone, Stephen. A Set of Woodcuts by Stephen Bone, being the Illustrations to a Farmer's Life by George Bourne. 1922, limited to 55 copies on Japanese vellum, each print signed by the artist, loose in green cloth folder; Bone, David W. The Lookoutman. 1923, inscribed "To John Masefield with great affection. Item: I think this is the first book ever to be published, actually, on the High Seas!), with bookplate "Bought at the High Seas Bookshop, T.S.S. Tuscania" and"From the Library of John Masefield, O.M., Poet Laureate", dustwrapper slightly frayed; Bone, Gertrude. This Old Man. 1925, presentation copy to Mr and Mrs Gordon Bottomley, original blue cloth; Bone, Gertrude.The Cope. Medici Society, 1930, Small 8vo, number 20 of 25 copies signed by Gertrude Bone, illustrations by Stephen Bone, original vellum gilt, t.e.g; Bone, Stephen and Muirhead Bone. The English and their Country. 1951, signed by the author and illustrator, original wrappers very lightly soiled; Bone, Stephen & Mary Adshead. The Little Boy and his House. 1936. Oblong 4to, coloured lithographs, original pictorial boards; Bone, David W. Merchantman Rearmed. 1949. 4to, one of 160 copies of the special edition signed by the author, plates by Muirhead Bone, original blue quarter morocco, t.e.g., in original cardboard packaging; Bone, Gavin. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. 1943, presentation copy to Oswald B. Powell from Muirhead & Gertrude Bone, original paper boards slightly soiled (14)