ID 470219
Lot 190 | Signature
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Signature 1935-54
Signature: A quadrimestrial of typography and graphic arts. London: 1935-1954.
The very fine Abbey copy of a complete set of this important periodical. The first series is variously one of either 25 or 20 copies to be specially bound; the second series are unlimited.
First series, nos. 1-15 bound in five volumes, second series, nos. 1-18 bound in six volumes, quarto (255 x 190mm). Plates, samples, illustrations, some mounted, some coloured. The first series variously bound in original variously-coloured morocco bindings, with gilt tooling and onlays from designs by Paul Nash (1 vol. containing parts 1-3), Reynolds Stone (parts 4-6), Barnett Freedman (parts 7-9), Lynton Lamb (parts 10-12) and John Piper (parts 13-15), all top edge gilt (occasional very slight discoloration or rubbing), all contained within two cloth boxes with red morocco lettering-pieces to spines; the second series bound in variously coloured morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uniform tooling in gilt, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Major John Roland Abbey (bookplates; sale Sotheby’s 19 Oct. 1970, lot 2840) – Bernard Breslauer (sale Christie’s, Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, 27-28 June 2005, lot 1614).
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Books |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Books |
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