Portrait Gallery: Verse for Children and Animal Lovers. Illustrations by C.B. Poulteney.

(Penmiel Press) Newgas (Edgar)

Published by 8vo, 79p, colophon, 20cm, (Edward Burrett) Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1966.

About this Item

Typeset in Monotype Bembo. This, one of a very few copies specially bound in full leather and titled and ruled in gilt. 8 illustrations in line (but lacking the back cover illustration because of the binding). Photocopy of a letter, 15.xi.1966 from James Orr, Buckingham Palace, thanking the author for the gift of a copy to the Duke of Edinburgh. Fine condition. One of the earliest Penmiel Press books, designed rather than printed by Edward Burrett. Seller Inventory # 12713

Bibliographic Details

Title: Portrait Gallery: Verse for Children and ...

Publisher: 8vo, 79p, colophon, 20cm, (Edward Burrett) Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1966.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition