Author: Richard Kerr
Title: Nature - Curious and Beautiful
Description: London, The Religious Tract Society, 1903. First edition. Leather. A first edition children's introduction to the beauties and curiosities of nature, in a smart full calf school prize binding. The first edition of this educational celebration of nature, in a full calf signed school prize binding from Relfe Brothers of London. Illustrated throughout by author Richard Kerr, who explains in his introduction that 'the following chapters have been written with a desire to attract young readers to think more of the curiosities to be found in Nature's workshop&apos.With a prize bookplate from Newport Grammar School to the front pastedown, awarding this work to H. J. Bunting in 1905.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. In a full calf signed school prize binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to head of front board with discolouration to back strip and light marks to rear board. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with tide mark to tail of first few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Richard Kerr. Very Good .
Keywords: Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie H J Bunting Newport Grammar School natural sciences H J Bunting Richard Kerr
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Title: Nature - Curious and Beautiful
Description: London, The Religious Tract Society, 1903. First edition. Leather. A first edition children's introduction to the beauties and curiosities of nature, in a smart full calf school prize binding. The first edition of this educational celebration of nature, in a full calf signed school prize binding from Relfe Brothers of London. Illustrated throughout by author Richard Kerr, who explains in his introduction that 'the following chapters have been written with a desire to attract young readers to think more of the curiosities to be found in Nature's workshop&apos.With a prize bookplate from Newport Grammar School to the front pastedown, awarding this work to H. J. Bunting in 1905.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. In a full calf signed school prize binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to head of front board with discolouration to back strip and light marks to rear board. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with tide mark to tail of first few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Richard Kerr. Very Good .
Keywords: Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie H J Bunting Newport Grammar School natural sciences H J Bunting Richard Kerr
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 794F14
- Book number: 794F14
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