INVENTORY #157357
Poppy Dust
GERRARD, W. L.
Regular price
$125.00 CAD
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John & Edward Bumpus Ltd., a historic and prestigious bookseller located at 350 Oxford Street, London, held the title "Booksellers to His Majesty the King". The business was founded in the late 18th century.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Printed by J. T. Bigwood Limited
- Edition: Likely privately produced in limited numbers
- Date Published: nd. Inscription from 1937
- Place Published: Jersey, Channel Islands
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
44 p. 18 cm. Small line drawings atop each chapter. Burgundy leather. Gilt text block edges. Binding signed by Bumpus Ltd., Oxford St. W. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown for "Gerrard" suggests this was the author's copy. Inscribed "To Paddy - 1937" above the bookplate, so likely a presentation copy. References to Canada pp. 12-18 suggest the author might have been Canadian. Some spots in margins.