Name: Auction: Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958) Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30]
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 630 GBP
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II

Our Autumn 2022 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs included highlights such as an autograph letter from Oliver Cromwell on the marriage of his daughter, an exceptionally early album of photographic salt prints by Edinburgh architect Charles George Hood Kinnear, and a collection of autograph letters from John Ruskin to his acolyte Ada Hartnell.&nbsp;It also featured the&nbsp;Library of the Late William St Clair Part II, and an important collection of private press material including original artwork and sculpture by Eric Gill. &nbsp;

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Featuring the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II

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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)

Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30]

Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958)

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Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30]

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Collection of proof wood-engravings for Golden Cockerel Press publications, [1924-30]

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Gibbings, Robert (1889-1958)
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