Buy this book on-line ANTHOLOGY. A.B.Austin and Norman Wilkinson : An Angler's Anthology. Collected by A.B.Austin and with drypoint illustrations by Norman Wilkinson. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)Country Life Ltd., London, 1930
The deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by both the editor and illustrator [this being #24]. 4to. xix, 168pp. White buckram lettered in gold at the spine and upper board with an ornate gilt-stamped border. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With a tissue-protected frontispiece and twenty-three delightful plates, each with tissue guards present [this deluxe issue included an additional signed etching, but alas that is not present here]. A penny-sized area of light staining to the backstrip and just a touch of marking to the cloth at the rear board. A virtually fine copy. No dust wrapper called for but lacking the original solander box and of course the additional etching. A handsome anthology of angling extracts featuring works by William Barnes, Edmund Blunden, George Borrow, Rupert Brooke, Robert Browning, John Buchan, W.H.Davies, Walter de la Mare, George Eliot, Sir J.W.Fortescue, Thomas Hardy, W.H.Hudson, Richard Jefferies, James Joyce, Charles Kingsley, Andrew Lang, Robert Nichols, Francis Thompson, Henry David Thoreau, Izaak Walton and many others.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover 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 ANTHOLOGY. A.B.Austin and Norman Wilkinson : An Angler's Anthology. Collected by A.B.Austin and with drypoint illustrations by Norman Wilkinson. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION). 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 fine bindings, out of print books, collectables, rare books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |