Search Results: an herbarium for the fair being by fassam thomas

London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949. Half Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto; bound in half-morocco over gray-paper covered boards; 90, [4] pages, with 20 original etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, each signed in pencil by the artist; with a delightful title leaf engraved by Alfred Richard Lane; the binding by ~Sangorski and Sutcliffe, signed in gilt at the bottom of the pastedown; this is number 20 of 260 copies of which 250 were for sale; printed at Ditchling in Sussex in 12-point monotype Baskerville, signed at the colophon by Thomas Fassam. Near Fine binding.

London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. Half morocco gilt with grey paper-covered boards signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, small 4to., 90, (4) pages, twenty full-page etchings by Betty Shaw-Lawrence each signed in pencil by the artist. One of 260 numbered copies printed at the Ditchling Press on handmade Barcham Green paper and signed by the author. Title engraved by Alfred Richard Lane. Attractive bookplate of Marcus Crahan. A clean, near fine copy but for slight wear to the extremities and a hairline crack in the upper joint. In archival mylar.

London: The Hand & Flower Press, 1949. Illustrated with twenty delightful etched plates, each one signed in pencil by Betty Shaw-Lawrence, small quarto, pp 90, (2), a decorated title page engraved by Alfred Richard Lane, top edge gilt, the other edges untrimmed, half-morocco and boards, a slight fading to the spine, otherwise a very good copy. Limited edition of 260 copies numbered and signed, printed at the Ditchling Press - this one being number 12. [From the library of the Kew botanist Vicki Matthews. with her bookplate in her married name - Victoria and Brinsley Burbidge. Also with the earlier bookplate of Rae Wilson, designed by J. Younger.]. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Betty Shaw-Lawrence.

London: Hand and Flower Press, 1949 One of 260 copies printed on handmade paper by the Ditchling Press, Sussex, signed by the author. A charming production. Half brown crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe over gray boards. Gilt spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. . Quarto. Title-page engraving by Alfred Richard Lane. With bibliography. A fine copy.