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Verlag: London; Hodder and Stoughton, 1927., 1927
Anbieter: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION (printed in same year as First). Octavo, pp. xii, 243, [1]. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignette to title page by Robert Gibbings. Finely bound by G. J. Sawyer in emerald green full morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine, gilt bird motifs to compartments and double gilt fillet to boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles. Spine lightly sunned; a little light foxing to textblock edge otherwise contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A Near Fine copy in an uncommonly handsome binding. Sir Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Falloden (1862-1933) had a long career as a Liberal statesman; he was Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of the Great War and his posts included Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords and Ambassador to the United States. His off-duty pastimes included a passion for natural history,particularly ornithology; Grey was involved in the foundation of the British Trust for Ornithology, and this volume records his personal experiences and observations over a lifetime of interest in the subject.
Verlag: London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1934., 1934
Anbieter: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard Cover. INSCRIBED BY BINDER. Third Popular Edition. Octavo, pp. xii, 305, [3]. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and vignette to title page by Robert Gibbings. Later craft binding in full bottle green morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to upper board and bird design in gilt over both boards and spine. Aeg, gilt dentelles and leather doublures and endpapers by Desmond Yardley. Spine lightly sunned, minor chip to lower edge of upper board (see photograph). Contents clean and bright with inscription to final blank to fore: "D. Yardley Rebound 1937 L.C.C. C.S.A.C.", with number 7 written above a crossed-through 9, all in the same hand. A Near Fine copy. Handsome binding by the widely admired craft binder H.J. Desmond Yardley (1905-72), whose skilled work was much in demand by collectors. Yardley began his binding career with music scores in the early 1930s, after which he studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (the C.S.A.C. of the inscription) and he was elected to the Guild of Contemporary Binders in 1956. Examples of his meticulous work may be seen at the British Library, V&A and Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels. An early "apprentice piece" by Yardley whilst at the Central School where he received tuition from William Matthews, George Frewin and Peter McLeish. Harrop, Dorothy A : Craft Binders at Work V H.J. Desmond Yardley, pp. 245-250 [1975 Book Collector].