9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
The Old Stile Press.
Tanner (Robin). The More Angels Shall I Paint, a selection from the sketchbooks, writings and commonplace books of Robin Tanner. Monmouth, Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1991, no.269 of 275 copies signed by Heather Tanner and no. V of X copies with special binding, numerous full-page illustrations, suede free endpapers, pictorial pastedowns, original boards, exposed painted spine, green morocco horizontal strips across covers and spine, marbled edges, housed in the original slipcase-style frame, together with:
Sidney (Sir Philip). The Lad Philisides. Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1988, wood-engravings by Harry Brockway, no. 129 of 225 copies, signed by the artist, Japanese raw silk spine, pictorial boards, cloth-covered slipcase with printed wood-engraving, together with:
Land. Engravings by Garrick Palmer, poems selected by Eric Williams. Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1996, no. 2 of 240 copies signed by the artist, original boards, cloth-covered slipcase with printed title label, together with:
Blaga (Lucian). The Poems of Light. Versions in English by Oltea Simescu & Eric Willams. Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 2002, illustrations by Sara Philpott, no. 38 of 200 copies signed by the translators and artist, cloth-backed pictorial boards, together with:
Six others by The Old Stile Press.
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Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025
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