Buy this book on-line JOHN GRAY : Park. A Fantastic StorySheed & Ward, London, 1932
First edition, limited to 250 copies printed by Rene Hague and Eric Gill. With an etched copperplate by Denis Tehetmeier. 8vo. 128pp. Quarter cloth with paper-covered sides, lettered in gold at the spine. Two corner tips fractionally rubbed. A single tiny pinprick of spotting to the head of four preliminary leaves, and a tiny blemish to the fore edge margin to two adjacent text leaves. A virtually fine copy, lacking the most uncommon dust wrapper. Handsome bookplate of Desmond Chute to the front pastedown, and a pencilled inscription to the front free endpaper "Desmond from Walter [Shewring?] Christmas 1936". Chute was a close colleague, assistant and "beloved brother" of Eric Gill, and the co-founder of The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, alongside Gill, Joseph Cribb and Hilary Pepler. The inscription to Chute is probably from Walter Shewring, Gill's literary executor. A super association copy of the author's only novel, a surreal futuristic allegory set in a post-industrial paradise.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JOHN GRAY : Park. A Fantastic Story. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres illustrées, fine bindings, livres d'occasion and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |