Lot 159
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Fraser, Eric--Xenophon of Ephesus

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Fraser, Eric--Xenophon of Ephesus
  • The Ephesian Story, translated by Paul Turner, Golden Cockerel Press, 1957; with additional working manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence and page proofs
  • paper
4to, number 88 of 300 copies, 5 full-page illustrations and title-vignette by Eric Fraser, original green morocco-backed buckram gilt, top edge gilt [Cock-a-Hoop 207], (2 volumes)

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Included with this copy is a fascinating collection of working material relating to the production of The Ephesian Story comprising: one early ink drawing by Eric Fraser with collotype proofs of final version; a series of autograph letters signed by Eric Fraser to Christopher Sandford; several autograph and typed letters signed by Paul Turner to Christopher Sandford, annotated in pencil; numerous synopses of the story in manuscript and typescript, further annotated by hand; several versions of the story as autograph manuscript annotated page and galley proofs at various stages; typed page proofs, annotated by hand; typed draft of the early stage of the text; also various typed letters to Christopher Sandford signed by binders, agents and others related to the ongoing production of the book.