PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT L.B. TOBIN, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE TOBIN ENDOWMENT*
[GREGYNOG PRESS]. -- EURIPIDES. The Plays of Euripides. Translated by Gilbert Murray. Illustrated by R.A. Maynard and H.W. Bray. Newtown, Wales: Gregynog Press, 1931.
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[GREGYNOG PRESS]. -- EURIPIDES. The Plays of Euripides. Translated by Gilbert Murray. Illustrated by R.A. Maynard and H.W. Bray. Newtown, Wales: Gregynog Press, 1931.
2 volumes bound in one, 2o (375 x 240mm). Red morocco goatskin, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind with Greek-inspired geometric tools cut specifically for this book; endpapers also gilt-stamped (some browning from the turn-ins); half morocco chemise, gilt-lettered on spine (light narrow stains from adhesive); morocco-edged slipcase; all by Roger Powell, stamp signed and dated 1958. Laid in is a typed detailed description of the binding signed by Roger Powell, on his stationery. Provenance: Philip C. Duschnes (indicated in binder's note).
LIMITED EDITIONS, numbers 439 and 385 of 500 copies respectively, bound in a FINE ROGER POWELL BINDING.
2 volumes bound in one, 2
LIMITED EDITIONS, numbers 439 and 385 of 500 copies respectively, bound in a FINE ROGER POWELL BINDING.