| Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: | Simon 195 |
| Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: | Simon 195 |
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GHOSTS GRAVE AND GAY by E. P. LEIGH-BENNETT [line block of hobby-horse with single horn] 1930
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[within 3pt. ornamental rule] THIS BOOK IS PRESENTED TO [dotted rule] WITH COMPLIMENTS FROM THE EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD 2-3 NORFOLK STREET, STRAND LONDON, W.C.2
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[1-4] 5-6 [7] 8-12 [13] 14 [15] 16-20 [21] 22-8 [29] 30 [+2].
Demy 8o: 8¾" × 5½", untrimmed, white laid, Ellerslie; 10(+2)pt. Baskerville; 6 full page line block illustrations on pp.7, 13, 15, 21, 29 and frontispiece; casing red buckram, gold-blocked down spine: ‘GHOSTS GRAVE AND GAY’, and on upper cover: ‘GHOSTS GRAVE & GAY E. P. LEIGH-BENNETT’.
Not in Curwen Library or 1963 handlist; written and contributed by Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth. The identity of the artist was unknown but apparently Oliver Simon said they were by Celia Fiennes (1902-1998). See the Nestlings Press web-site which recounts this information in paragraph 8.
This item should perhaps be excluded as commercial; the unicorn/hobby-horse deserves to join the rest of the herd in Unicornucopia (Harley 1973).
Douglas Ball, 1/Jan/1977, revised 27/Sep/2020