Lot 304
  • 304

Whistler, Rex

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Whistler, Rex
  • Two volumes, comprising:
  • paper
De La Mare, Walter. The Lord Fish. London: Faber and Faber, [1933], 8vo (210 x 134mm.), NUMBER 56 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, illustrated title-page, three plates and other illustrations by Rex Whistler, original purple vellum gilt, DUST-JACKET, GLASSINE, SLIPCASE, browning to end-papers, some light browning to dust-jacket, soiling to slipcase--

Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales and Legends... London: Cobden-Sanderson Ltd., 1935, 8vo (204 x 134mm.), first trade edition, illustrated title-page and other illustrations by Rex Whistler, original red cloth lettered in gilt, DUST-JACKET, dust-jacket faded on spine, foot of dust-jacket spine worn, price excised

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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