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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 254

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - LAVINIA BLYTHE
DRYDEN (JOHN) Songs and Poems... Chosen and Introduced by Gwynne Jones. Drawings by Lavinia Blythe, NUMBER 33 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Golden Cockerel Press, 1957

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - LAVINIA BLYTHE

DRYDEN (JOHN) Songs and Poems... Chosen and Introduced by Gwynne Jones. Drawings by Lavinia Blythe, NUMBER 33 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, with a duplicate set of the 16 illustrations, from an edition limited to 500 copies, illustration on title and 8 colour plates each with an illustration on reverse, original green and russet morocco with gilt illustration on covers, gilt lettered spine with 4 raised bands and 2 small gilt cockerels, plates in separate paper folder, single green cloth slipcase, folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1957

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Provenance: Christopher Tower, bookplate

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