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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 266

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
NELSON (HORATIO) Letters from the Leward Islands and Other Original Documents, NUMBER 45 OF 60 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, Golden Cockerel Press (5)

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS

NELSON (HORATIO) Letters from the Leward Islands and Other Original Documents, NUMBER 45 OF 60 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition of 300, wood-engraved map and illustrations by Geoffrey Wales, full morocco in red, white and blue with gilt-blocked decoration on upper cover, 1953--DE CHAIR (SOMERSET) The Story of a Lifetime, NUMBER 2 OF 100 COPIES, from an overall edition of 110, signed by the author, woodcut illustrations by Clifford Webb, bookplate of Micheline and Mervyn Parkhouse, original white sheepskin gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1954--GHOSE (SUDHIN N.) Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India, NUMBER 16 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition of 500, illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile, full morocco gilt by Hiscox, 1961--JONSON (BEN) A Croppe of Kisses, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S COPY, NUMBER 14 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES,from an overall edition of 250 copies, Sotheby & Co. auction catalogue of Bernard Shaw's library (25 July 1949) loosely inserted, original red morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, soiled, some rubbing, 1937--GRAY (THOMAS) Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard, NUMBER NUMBER 36 OF 80 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition of 750 copies, woodcut illustrations by Gwenda Morgan, bookplate of Christian Heuer, full green morocco gilt, 1946, all but the fourth mentioned in slipcases, the last mentioned 8vo, the others small folio, Golden Cockerel Press (5)

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