29th Nov, 2023 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 328
 

Nicholson. An Almanac, 1897 & An Alphabet, Whittington Press. 1978

Nicholson (William) Illustrator.

An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Words by Rudyard Kipling,

12 colour plates by William Nicholson, light offsetting to text as usual, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, inner joints cracked, chipped at edges, 1898 [1897]; An Alphabet, number 136 of 150 copies, 38 plates, all but four printed from the original woodblocks, loose as issued, with separate introduction by Edward Craig (one of 300 signed copies, original wrappers), together with plates in original cloth drop-back box, hand-coloured illustration mounted on upper cover, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1978; Mr. Gay: Polly, number 137 of 380 copies signed by the artist, 9 mounted colour plates, original cloth, worn, 1923; Another copy, first trade edition, original cloth backed boards, worn, 1923. 8vo., 4to., & folio (4)

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