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Published by The Fortune Press, London, 1932
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Book is in near fine condition. Top is gilded and fore-edge and bottom are untrimmed. Binding is cracked at page 32, else perfect internally. All 21 plates are present and book has a minor bump to spine bottom. " This edition, printed by The Whitefriars Press on Kelmscott hand-made paper, is limited to 100 special copies containing an etching in colour, bound in quarter vellum, numbered 1-100 and 900 copies bound full buckram, numbered 101-1000 this is number 991. This quirky, wonderful book contains 21 plates and numerous embellishments. All of which are worth study and contemplation. " I would have liked to set forth all that I have realized with my pen and my brushes in a solitude that is not feigned, and of which I only very recently became aware; but it seen to me that Putnam has described all my researches in this monograph." Jean De Bosschere. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.