GREGYNOG PRESS
HABERLY, LOYD. Anne Boleyn and other poems. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1934. One of 300 copies, of which this is one of 15 specially bound, this copy number 6. Full dark brown oasis morocco, both covers with the gilt falcon badge of Anne Boleyn within a double gilt frame with ornate corner ornaments; bound by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery, though (as usual) not signed by Fisher. 8 1/4 inches (21 cm); binding 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm), top edge gilt. 2 ff. including title-page, 77 pp., colophon leaf. Printed in black and red, versal initials throughout in green and red, after Graily Hewitt. Housed in the original Gregynog tray case.
Harrop 31; Zilverdistel 31.
Provenance: J.R. Abbey, with his bookplate.
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GREGYNOG PRESS
HABERLY, LOYD. Anne Boleyn and other poems. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1934. One of 300 copies, of which this is one of 15 specially bound, this copy number 6. Full dark brown oasis morocco, both covers with the gilt falcon badge of Anne Boleyn within a double gilt frame with ornate corner ornaments; bound by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery, though (as usual) not signed by Fisher. 8 1/4 inches (21 cm); binding 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm), top edge gilt. 2 ff. including title-page, 77 pp., colophon leaf. Printed in black and red, versal initials throughout in green and red, after Graily Hewitt. Housed in the original Gregynog tray case.
Harrop 31; Zilverdistel 31.
Provenance: J.R. Abbey, with his bookplate.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008