Precious Caskets : The Friendship of T.E. Lawrence and William McCance Tapa dura - 2003

Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by Parker, Agnes, Miller. Fine. Hardback. Signed by the Author. First Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine as new copy, signed on the colophon page by Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press and the author. This is the intriguing story of the friendship between the wood-engraver, painter and typographer William McCance and the celebrated T.E. Lawrence. The book details the involvement of McCance in the choice of binders for the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, including a facsimile of a notebook compiled by McCance on suitable book binders that he visited. The book also details the later contact with regard to the Gregynog Press and the printing of Sir Robert Vansittart's "The Singing Caravan". The book is illustrated with a wood engraving designed by William McCance and engraved by his wife Agnes Miller Parker, it includes tipped in photographs and illustrations of the bindings of Seven Pillars some in full colour. The text is… Leer más