Lot 462
Gregynog Press (and other private presses)
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Blunt, Lady Anne and Blunt, Wilfred Scawen The celebrated romance of the stealing of the mare. Newton: Gregynog Press, 1930. 4to., number 32 of 275 copies, original 1930s patterned boards; Morris-Jones, John Penillion omar khayyam. Newton: Gwasg y Gregynnog, 1928. 4to., woodcut illustrations, original blue morocco, slipcases, light fading to spine and boards very lightly soiled; Vaughan, Henry Poems. Newton: Gregynog Press, 1924. 8vo., out of series copy, original boards with swan motif, slipcase; Love Peacock, Thomas The misfortunes of Elphin. Newton: Gregynog Press, 1928. 8vo., contemporary blue cloth, spine and covers slightly faded; Herbert, George Poems. Newton: Gregynog Press, 1923. 8vo., number 284 of 300 copies, original patterned boards, boards slightly rubbed; Bay, Horace Walter (Illustrator) The book of Tobit... Harrow Weald: Raven Press, 1931. 8vo., number 138 of 275 copies, 5 engravings and other illustrations, many coloured, quarter vellum with gilt raven, original patterned boards and slipcase; Khayyam, Omar Rubaiyat... translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, decorated by Thomas Lowinsky. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. 8vo., mooresque morocco binding by P. Maynard of the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts, slight gouge to lower cover; and 13 others (20)