Flowers and faces / by H.E. Bates ; engravings by John Nash.
Published / Created:
[London] : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1935.
Physical Description:
52, [2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR6003.A965 F56 1935Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Iq B318 935F Copy 1: "No. 260." Presentation inscription to Reginald A. Hadys-Scott from H.E. Bates.BEIN Iq B318 935F Copy 2: No. 51. 4 plates signed by Nash laid in back. Presentation inscription to Ray L. Murphy from H.E. Bates,"The book of Flowers and faces has been printed in Golden Cockerel type by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, Owen Rutter and Joan Grant at the Golden Cockerel Press, and completed on the first day of June, 1935 ... The edition is limited to 325 copies, of which numbers 1-6 are printed on vellum and 7-325 on Batchelor hand-made Paper. Numbers 301-325 are not for sale."--Colophon.BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 27 of a limited edition of 325 copies. Signed by the author. Bound in green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Subject Terms:
Gardening -- Personal narratives. | Flower gardening. | Golden Cockerel Press -- Publisher. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe -- Bookbinder. | Nash, John, 1893–1977 -- Autograph. | Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974 -- Autograph. | Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974 -- Presentation inscription to R.A.A. Scott. | Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974 -- Presentation inscription to R.L. Murphy. | Murphy, Ray Livingston, 1923– -- Presentation inscription from H.E. Bates. | Hadys-Scott, Reginald A. A. -- Presentation inscription from H.E. Bates.