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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 288

LAWRENCE (T.E.)
The Odyssey of Homer, PRESENTATION COPY FROM EMERY WALKER TO ST. JOHN HORNBY, 1932

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)

The Odyssey of Homer, [translated by T.E. Lawrence], LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY FROM EMERY WALKER TO ST. JOHN HORNBY, 26 woodcut roundels printed in gold and black (including title vignette) original black morocco by W.H. Smith, gilt-lettered on spine, t.e.g. [O'Brien A144], 4to, [Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers], 1932

Footnotes

Fine copy with an association inscription from Emery Walker to St. John Hornby, founder of the Ashendene Press, for which Walker had designed the Subiaco typeface.

Provenance: C.H. St. John Hornby, inscribed from Emery Walker, and with his library label.

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