Abbott r d anon (1 resultados)

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two Items. No date & 1955, 1st edition. First Item: James Cook booklet - Tall Octavo. 6" x 10" approx. An undated City of Leicester Museum and Art Gallery booklet detailing the gruesome murder of John Paas by James Cook and the murderers subsequent actions, arrest and execution [death by hanging with the body to be suspended in a Gibbet in a public place]. The booklet is housed in a printed cloth cover produced by The Grange Fibre Co. Ltd. with printed decorations narrated by "Bob the Binder". Some minor staining to the covers, and some dust-soiling within the booklet. Overall a 'Good' copy. Scarce. With; Bob The Binder's Progress - Small oblong quarto. 7.5" x 5" approx. Illustrated throughout. Original Linson Vellum binding, blocked with a design. With butterfly end papers designed by John Buckland Wright. Binding square and firm. Covers a little spotted and dust-soiled. Loosely inserted is a signed slip from the publisher describing the book. A 'Very Good' copy. Two unusual Leicester-related printed curios.…