Author: WALTER PATER. Alastair. Title: Sebastian Van Storck. With eight illustrations by Alastair and an introduction, 'The Artistry of Alastair', by P.G.Konody.
Description: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd. London, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). First edition, limited to 1,050 copies (this being 843), each containing one plate signed in pencil by the artist. 4to. 68pp. Cream cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board and with a brown-stamped decoration. Cloth marked, spotted and with some uneven discolouration. The corner tips and spine ends rubbed and chafed, and with a small nick to the head of the rear board, and another to the base. Some light browning to the free endpapers and the leaf margins, and with some fox-spotting throughout, although all of the plates are spared, bar a touch of very light occasional spotting to one or two plate margins. A good copy of a handsome production. Lacking the slipcase. Good.
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Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Clearwater Books
- Book number: ARC92086