CATALOGUE OF THE BEWICK COLLECTION (Pease Bequest).
Pp. [iv]+vi+112(last blank), frontispiece portrait of Bewick, plus 9 plates, a few text illustrations, addendum slip tipped-in at page 101, index; narrow cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards lightly flecked and rubbed, top fore-corners slightly bruised, small surface graze near centre of lower board; bookplate of George Heath Viner on upper pastedown, a few pencilled annotations, a little light foxing and soiling; City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle, 1904. Second impression, with a few minor alterations. *Catalogue of 331 items relating to Bewick, collected over four decades by John William Pease and bequeathed after his death to the Newcastle Library. With related ephemera (some loose, some tipped-in at end), including a signed typescript letter from co-compiler W. H. Gibson (City Librarian at Newcastle upon Tyne) to G. H. Viner, referring to the collection. George Heath Viner was a bookplate collector with a particular interest in bookplates designed by Charles William Sherborn. Item #138500
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