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The Collection of the late P.J.R. Catterall
Lot 321

HUGHES-STANTON (BLAIR)
MILTON (JOHN) Four Poems, NUMBER 158 OF 250 COPIES, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, publisher's decorative red morocco, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933--THEOCRITUS. Sixe Idylia... Translated in English Verse, 2 vol. (including portfolio), ONE OF 135 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, with "a set of signed prints in final state", 8vo and small folio; and 9 others (19)

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[HUGHES-STANTON (BLAIR)]

MILTON (JOHN) Four Poems, NUMBER 158 OF 250 COPIES, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, publisher's decorative red morocco, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1933--THEOCRITUS. Sixe Idylia... Translated in English Verse, 2 vol. (including portfolio), ONE OF 135 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, with "a set of signed prints in final state", from an overall edition of 417 copies, 8 etched plates by Anthony Gross, additional suite signed loose as issued in solander box, half, Clover Hill/Chilmark Press, 1971--MACKLEY (GEORGE) Engraved in the Wood. A Collection of Wood Engravings by George Mackley with an Appreciation by Ruari Maclean, NUMBER 44 OF 300 COPIES, 68 wood-engraved plates loose as issued in folder, text quarter morocco, together in solander box, Two-Horse Press, [1968], Printed by the Rampant Lions Press; Monica Poole Wood Engraver, ONE OF 50 COPIES with fourteen additional engravings and specially bound, from an overall edition of 300, signed by Poole and the editor, Florin Press, 1984; idem, another copy, NUMBER 103 OF 250 standard copies, cloth-backed boards, 1984--POOLE (MONICA) The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, NUMBER 13 OF 110 COPIES, signed by the author, original woodcut proof plate loosely inserted inside lower cover, Gresham, 1985--Margaret Wells. A Selection of Her Wood Engravings, ONE OF 30 COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIGNED WOODCUT loosely inserted in wallet at end, from an overall edition of 200, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1985--SMITH (RICHARD SHIRLEY) Wood Engravings. A Selection, 1960-1977... With a Foreword by Laurence Whistler, NUMBER 54 OF 180 COPIES, signed by the author, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983; idem, another copy, 1983, unless otherwise stated publisher's quarter morocco, slipcase, 8vo and small folio; and 9 others (19)

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