My Rod My Comfort. With Wood Engravings by J. Gaastra.

  • Lockhart, R.H. Bruce
  • London: The Dropmore Press 1949

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Description

FIRST EDITION, NO. 18 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR, large 8vo, pp. [iv], 75, [3] + handcoloured wood engraved frontispiece and 4 wood engraved plates. Title-page and colophon printed in brown and black. Original full green morocco, spine divided by raised bands, lettered in gilt, fish blocked in gilt to front board, pale green dustjacket printed in brown, top edge gilt, original card slipcase with printed paper label. Dustjacket foxed and chipped, slipcase worn and coming apart. Signed by Lockhart and Gaastra to the limitation page.

Notes

The special issue of this angling memoir signed by R.H. Bruce Lockhart (1887-1970) and John Gaastra, one of only fifty copies bound in full green morocco, signed by the author and illustrator, and featuring a hand-coloured frontispiece.

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