AN HERBARIUM FOR THE FAIR Being a Book of Common Herbs with Etchings By Betty Shaw-Lawrence. Together with Curious Notes on Their Histories and Uses for the Furtherance of Lovliness and Love.
by (Hand & Flower Press); Thomas Fassam; Etchings By Betty Shaw-Lawrence
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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FERNDALE, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Half morocco gilt with grey paper-covered boards signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, small 4to., 90, (4) pages, twenty full-page etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence each signed in pencil by the artist. One of 260 numbered copies printed at the Ditchling Press on handmade Barcham Green paper and signed by the author. Title engraved by Alfred Richard Lane. Attractive bookplate of Marcus Crahan. A clean, near fine copy but for slight wear to the extremities and a hairline crack in the upper joint. In archival mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Entropy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008114
- Title
- AN HERBARIUM FOR THE FAIR Being a Book of Common Herbs with Etchings By Betty Shaw-Lawrence. Together with Curious Notes on Their Histories and Uses for the Furtherance of Lovliness and Love.
- Author
- (Hand & Flower Press); Thomas Fassam; Etchings By Betty Shaw-Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Hand & Flower Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Hand & Flower, Ditchling, Barcham Green
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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