Shackleton, Keith
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Tidelines. London: Lutterworth Press, 1951. First edition, 4to., inscribed and signed by the author, 15 coloured plates, contemporary blue morocco with stylised gilt bird on upper cover, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, occasional light spotting, very slight spotting and fading to covers; Gauguin, Paul Noa noa... Paris: Syndicat de la Propriété artistique, 1947. Small folio, bookplate of John Roland Abbey to front free-endpaper, reproductions, many in colour, of Gauguin's work, green morocco with gilt lily motifs to covers, gilt doublures with endpapers showing sponge-printed red and blue design, edges gilt, marbled slipcase, spines of book and slipcase slightly faded; Sitwell, Sacheverell and Blunt, Wilfred Great flower books, 1700-1900. London: Collins, 1956. Large folio, number 52 of 295 copies signed by the authors, 35 (of 36) plates, many coloured, green half morocco with marbled boards and slipcase, some fading to spine, plate 31 lacking; Jones, Paul. Flora Superba. London: The Tryon Gallery, 1971. Large folio, signed by the artist, 16 colour plates, original half vellum, blue cloth boards, with gilt flower decoration to cover, small hole and minor adhesions to plate 16; Sitwell, Sacheverell and Madol, Roger Album de Redouté. London: Collins, 1954. Large folio, 25 colour plates, contemporary green half morocco and marbled boards, number 170 of 250 copies, some slight soiling to covers (5)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire