Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1955], 1955
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition, with plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With the trade ticket pf Parkers of Oxford on front paste-down. AUDREY BLACKMAN'S COPY WITH HER DATED HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT OF PURCHASE, MADE OUT BY PARKERS TO THE SCULPTOR AT HER WEST WOOD HOUSE ADDRESS, IS LOOSELY INSERTED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN BEARS THE PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE OF THE GEOFFREY AND AUDREY BLACKMAN BEQUEST. A UNIQUE COPY WITH SPLENDID LOCAL PROVENANCE.