AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
sales@rookebooks.com
1926 Chosen Essays
What Our Customers Say...
Description
Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two hundred and nine. Colophon to the rear of the work.
With charming vignette wood engravings by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray throughout.
In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt motif to front board.
Published by The Gregynog Press, an influential Private Press founded in Newtown, Monmouthshire by sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies. Based from their manor house Gregynog Hall, the press focused on exceptional limited editions of important works, with this being a charming collection of essays from war poet, Edward Thomas.
Condition
In the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt motif to front board. Externally, very smart, with the occasional mark to the boards. Fading to spines. Prior owner's coloured pencil notations to front endpapers and label to lower extremity of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages.
Very Good Indeed
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details