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GREGYNOG PRESS JOINVILLE (JOHN) The History of St. Louis... Translated from the French Text... by Joan Evans, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937 image 1
GREGYNOG PRESS JOINVILLE (JOHN) The History of St. Louis... Translated from the French Text... by Joan Evans, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937 image 2
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Lot 274

GREGYNOG PRESS
JOINVILLE (JOHN) The History of St. Louis, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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GREGYNOG PRESS

JOINVILLE (JOHN) The History of St. Louis... Translated from the French Text... by Joan Evans, number 181 of 200 copies on hand-made paper, initials designed by Alfred Fairbank and printed in red and blue, 17 hand-coloured wood-engraved coats-of-arms by Reynolds Stone, 2 maps, genealogical tables, original brown morocco with arms of St. Louis in gilt on upper cover, by the Gregynog Press Bindery, t.e.g., original cardboard slipcase (flap detached) [Harrop 37], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937

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Provenance: Ivor H. Topham, original Gregynog Press receipt for the book (£6.6.0), dated 2 May 1938 loosely inserted, and ink name on slipcase.

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