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[SPECIAL PRESS] 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 LOVELINESS AND LOVE

[SPECIAL PRESS] 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 LOVELINESS AND LOVE

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[SPECIAL PRESS] 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 LOVELINESS AND LOVE

by Thomas Fassam | Betty Shaw-Lawrence [Etchings]

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London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949. Half Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto; bound in half-morocco over gray-paper covered boards; 90, [4] pages, with 20 original etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, each signed in pencil by the artist; with a delightful title leaf engraved by Alfred Richard Lane; the binding by ~Sangorski and Sutcliffe, signed in gilt at the bottom of the pastedown; this is number 20 of 260 copies of which 250 were for sale; printed at Ditchling in Sussex in 12-point monotype Baskerville, signed at the colophon by Thomas Fassam. Near Fine binding.

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Black Swan Books, Inc. US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
297576
Title
[SPECIAL PRESS] 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 LOVELINESS AND LOVE
Author
Thomas Fassam | Betty Shaw-Lawrence [Etchings]
Format/Binding
Half Leather
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine binding
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
The Hand & Flower Press
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1949

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Fine Binding
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Gilt
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Colophon
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