LOT 3083
17th March 2020
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LOT 3083
GOLDEN COCKEREL. - [Eric RAVILIOUS] and L.A. STRONG. The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons. London: Ten Staple Inn, 1935. Limited edition, this being number 101 of 212 copies signed by the author, 4to (236 x 151mm.) Illustrations and decorative ornaments by Eric Ravilious. (Minor spotting to f.f.e.p. and rear pastedown.) Original blue morocco-backed decorative paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, t.e.g. (slight sunning to the spine), contained within a blue morocco-backed clamshell box (slight fading). Note: includes a 2pp. a.l.s. by L.A. Strong to R.A. Addyer-Scott dated 1945, 'I don't feel there is anything in it that I don't stand by ten years later. This war has been a much clearer issue than the last, as I remember it'. This is one of three books that Ravilious illustrated for the Golden Cockerel Press. Provenance: R.A. Addyer-Scott (ink presentation inscription from the author on the f.f.e.p.).
Hammer price: £350
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