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LERMONTOV, Mikhail Iur'evich. A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevitch his young body-guard and the valiant merchant Kalashnikov... translated by John Cournos. Lodnon: Aquila Press, 1929.
8° (265 x 165mm). Printed in red and black on light-grey paper. Four woodcut decorations, in red and black, by John Nash. BINDING DESIGNED BY JOHN NASH: original orange morocco, edged with a double blind fillet, the upper cover with abstract design of black and cream leather onlays and blind fillets, top edge stained black (spine slightly discoloured and lightly scuffed at head), cloth case with morocco lettering-piece on spine and gilt arms of Major Abbey on label on upper cover. Provenance: Major John Roland Abbey (armorial bookplate, note of date and amount of purchase at rear, box).
THE ABBEY COPY OF A VERY STRIKING BINDING. Number 96 of 750 copies.
8° (265 x 165mm). Printed in red and black on light-grey paper. Four woodcut decorations, in red and black, by John Nash. BINDING DESIGNED BY JOHN NASH: original orange morocco, edged with a double blind fillet, the upper cover with abstract design of black and cream leather onlays and blind fillets, top edge stained black (spine slightly discoloured and lightly scuffed at head), cloth case with morocco lettering-piece on spine and gilt arms of Major Abbey on label on upper cover. Provenance: Major John Roland Abbey (armorial bookplate, note of date and amount of purchase at rear, box).
THE ABBEY COPY OF A VERY STRIKING BINDING. Number 96 of 750 copies.