A FINE COPY IN BLUE BOARDS – NO DUSTWRAP. FROM THE FRANCIS P. FARQUHAR COLLECTION OF MOUNTAINEERING LITERATURE. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPILED AND EDITED BY JAMES R. COX. ANNOTATIONS AND INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY NICHOLAS B. CLINCH JAMES R. COX AND MUIR DAWSON. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES.
Author:
COX JAMES R.
Place, Publisher, Date:
LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY, 1980
FINE COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH A LIST OF PROSPECTUSES 1920 – 62 AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE BOOKS. PREVIOUSE OWNERS BOOKPLATE.
Author:
CHAMBERS D. AND SANDFORD C.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PRIVATE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION FOR THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOHN CARTER. PRESENTAION COPY FROM WILL CARTER. ORANGE CARD COVERS LIMITED TO 100 COPIES (THIS ONE OUT OF SERIES). 16 PAGES IN 16 POINT BLADO TYPE ON GLASTONBURY ANTIQUE LAID PAPER. VERY GOOD.
TALL QUARTO LIMITED TO (500?) COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 31 INITIALED AND NUMBERED BY LECHTER WHO WAS MUCH INFLUENCED BY WILLIAM MORRIS. THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE PRESS BOUND IN FULL COBALT BLUE MOROCCO WITH FOUR DARK BLUE SQUARE INLAYS TO THE CORNERS BORDERED WITH HEAVY GILT DESIGNS ALL EDGES GAUFFERED AND GILT. 6 BLANK PAGES 22 PAGES. THE FOUR PAGE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK INITIALED BY LECHTER IS LOOSE (ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE BOOK – WAS IT PUBLISHED LOOSE?). THE LEATHER BLUE SPINE HAS FADED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A RARE WORK.
