Apr 30, 2008 10:00 EST
Books and Prints
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GREGYNOG PRESS
BUTLER, SAMUEL. Erewhon. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1932. One of 300 copies, of which this is one of 25 specially bound, this copy number 12. Original brown levant morocco, covers decorated with a band composed of multiple gilt rules that snakes in a reverse S-shape across both upper and lower cover and the spine; signed on the bottom rear turn-in by Blair Hughes-Stanton (designer) and George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. 9 1/8 inches (23 cm); binding 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 16 cm), top edge gilt. 264 pp., plus colophon leaf. Printed on Japan vellum, with wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton throughout. Housed in a modern clamshell case.
Harrop 23; Zilveristel 23; Penelope Hughes-Stanton 13.
Sold for $2,375
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
GREGYNOG PRESS
BUTLER, SAMUEL. Erewhon. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1932. One of 300 copies, of which this is one of 25 specially bound, this copy number 12. Original brown levant morocco, covers decorated with a band composed of multiple gilt rules that snakes in a reverse S-shape across both upper and lower cover and the spine; signed on the bottom rear turn-in by Blair Hughes-Stanton (designer) and George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. 9 1/8 inches (23 cm); binding 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 16 cm), top edge gilt. 264 pp., plus colophon leaf. Printed on Japan vellum, with wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton throughout. Housed in a modern clamshell case.
Harrop 23; Zilveristel 23; Penelope Hughes-Stanton 13.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008
