GREGYNOG PRESS
DAVIES, W.[ILLIAM H.[ENRY]. The lovers' song book. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1933. One of 250 copies, of which this is one of 19 specially bound, this copy number 4. Full emerald green levant morocco, covers with foliate sprays rising vertically from a double line of lozenges. Signed on the bottom rear turn-in by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. 9 inches (23 cm); binding 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 16 cm), top edge gilt. vi, 30 pp., colophon leaf. Printed on Japanese vellum, text surrounded by printed green rules. In the original Gregynog folding case.
An elegant and lovely binding. Harrop 28; Zilverdistel 28.
Sold for $7,500
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GREGYNOG PRESS
DAVIES, W.[ILLIAM H.[ENRY]. The lovers' song book. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1933. One of 250 copies, of which this is one of 19 specially bound, this copy number 4. Full emerald green levant morocco, covers with foliate sprays rising vertically from a double line of lozenges. Signed on the bottom rear turn-in by George Fisher at the Gregynog Press Bindery. 9 inches (23 cm); binding 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (23 x 16 cm), top edge gilt. vi, 30 pp., colophon leaf. Printed on Japanese vellum, text surrounded by printed green rules. In the original Gregynog folding case.
An elegant and lovely binding. Harrop 28; Zilverdistel 28.
Auction: Books and Prints, Apr 30, 2008