Shelfmark
Lt.2.05
Author
Title
Old garden roses / by Sacheverell Sitwell & James Russell ; with 8 reproductions from paintings by Charles Raymond ; with a foreword by Graham Thomas. Part one.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : George Rainbird Ltd. in association with Collins, 14 St James's Place, London, 1955.
Physical description
52 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Note
Plates printed by Van Leer of Amsterdam ; text printed by the Chiswick Press.
Note
Caslon Old Face type on Amstel Special mould-made paper.
Note
Publisher's vellum quarter-binding with gold marbled paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, and decorated endpapers ; housed in original green cloth slipcase with printed label ; bound by Edward Hiscox.
Note
ECL copy: No. 132 of 2160, being one of 160 copies signed by the authors, plates signed by the artist, and on this paper and in this binding.
Provenance
Ms. bookseller's note, codes, and price in pencil.
Subject
Roses.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
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Raymond, Charles artist.
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Hiscox, Edward binder.
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L. van Leer & Co. printer.
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Chiswick Press printer.
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Collins publisher.
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George Rainbird Ltd. publisher.
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England London.
Identifier
B26640