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SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Prefaces. London: Constable, 1934. 4° (250 x 170mm), half title, title within wood-engraved border, printed in double column throughout. Finely-bound in contemporary green, black and tan morocco gilt by Leighton-Straker to an abstract design, top edges gilt (a few spots).
With 19 other books printed at various presses including Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales ... illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel (Offenbach, for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1931, NO. 316 OF 1,500 SIGNED COPIES), Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam (London, Nonesuch Press, 1933, ONE OF 125 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM), Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch's The Lovers of Teruel (Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1938, NO. 129 OF 175 COPIES) and The Song of Songs which is Solomon's (?New York, Heritage Club, [n.d.], illustrated and illuminated in gold by Valenti Angelo). (20)
With 19 other books printed at various presses including Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales ... illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel (Offenbach, for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1931, NO. 316 OF 1,500 SIGNED COPIES), Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam (London, Nonesuch Press, 1933, ONE OF 125 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM), Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch's The Lovers of Teruel (Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1938, NO. 129 OF 175 COPIES) and The Song of Songs which is Solomon's (?New York, Heritage Club, [n.d.], illustrated and illuminated in gold by Valenti Angelo). (20)
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