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157. HUNTLEY & PALMER. “literature” biscuit tin. Huntley & Palmer. 1901.
£398
160 x 160 x 125mm. biscuit tin in the shape of 8 books bound together with strap, with hinged lid. colours onfront and lid a little dulled, a lillle knocked and worn, otherwise in very good condition.
the second of huntley and palmer’s tins in the shape of a stack of books. 60,000 were known to have been produced. (see franklin British Biscuit Tins 1868-1939 p. 80).
sold With a copy of franklin British Biscuit Tins 1868-1939.
158.HUXLEY, Aldous. brave new World. Chatto & Windus. 1932. £398
8vo., recently finely bound in half dark blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt with gilt rules and gilt centre tools, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
first edition.
159. INGMIRE, Thomas. William blake. And every thing that lives is holy. [San Francisco: 2003].
£498
single sheet of paper, 225 x 165mm, mounted. original work of calligraphy in several colours, signed and dated.
thomas ingmire (san francisco) was the first American to be elected a fellow of the prestigious society of scribes and illuminators, london. A vivid expression of the modern calligraphy movement, his work can be found in public and private collections around the world; it is the subject of michael gullick’s Words of risk: the Art of thomas ingmire (1989) and codici 1: a teacher’s notebook on modern calligraphy & lettering art (2003). his teaching experience and influence extends throughout the united states to canada, europe, Australia, Japan and hong kong.
160. INGMIRE, Thomas. William blake. And every thing that lives is holy. [San Francisco: 2003].
£398
mounted, framed and glazed, 300 x 360mm in frame, calligraphic print heightened with gold, signed and dated.
one of 20 copies.
thomas ingmire (san francisco) was the first American to be elected a fellow of the prestigious society of scribes and illuminators, london. A vivid expression of the modern calligraphy movement, his work can be found in public and private collections around the world; it is the subject of michael gullick’s Words of risk: the Art of thomas ingmire (1989) and codici 1: a teacher’s notebook on modern calligraphy & lettering art (2003). his teaching experience and influence extends throughout the united states to canada, europe, Australia, Japan and hong kong.
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161. ISHERWOOD, Christopher. A single man. Land Press. 1980.
£500
4to., original blue cloth with an all over design in gilt and silver by James brockman. title printed in blue. A fine copy in slipcase.
limited edition of 400 numbered copies printed at the rampant lions press, signed by isherwood, this copy unnumbered. A handsomely printed and produced edition of isherwood’s aclaimed novel depicting one day in the life of george, a middle-aged, gay englishman who is a professor at a los Angeles university.
edmund White called A single man “one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement.”
162. ISHERWOOD, Christopher. mr norris changes trains. The Folio Society.1990.
£498 8vo. in original nigerian
goatskin with hand marbled boards by Ann muir with slip case. A fine copy. With numerous illustrations by beryl cook.
first folio society edition limited edition of 100 specially bound copies signed by beryl cook.
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