P. NEVILLE BARNETT AND HIS BOOKS.
Pp. [24](including outer blanks), illustrated (3 full page); small cr. 4to; textured brown paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, upper wrapper lettered in orange, faintly creased; a little faint soiling and creasing; [the author, Sydney?], 1952. Unlimited edition. Ferson 55. *'This Collection of Reprints has been issued for distribution among those interested in my books. August, 1952' [colophon, repeated without date on recto of final leaf]. A check list of Barnett's publications, followed by three articles about Barnett and his books, reprinted from various sources: 1. The Unique Works of P. Neville Barnett, by Al. Milgrom (from The Australasian Printer, April, 1952); 2. Art in Books, by Alan Yates (from Qantas Empire 'Airways', August, 1951); 3. P. Neville Barnett. A super bookman, by Alan P. Rigby (from the Year Book 1949-1950 of the American Society of Book-plate Collectors and Designers). A later title (Japanese Art. A Phase of Colour-Prints , 1953) has been added (in typescript?) to the list of publications, and the credit attribution for the first article has been added by an ink stamp. Item #159101
Price: $120.00