89. Wilde (Oscar) The Young King and other tales, one of 65 copies on paper, printed in red, blue and black in Subiaco type, initials by Graily Hewitt, inscribed by St.John Hornby to “John Galsworthy from his friend, the Printer October 31,1924” on front free endpaper, bound in grey goatskin, by Donald Glaister, covers with inlaid panel of mylar airbrushed over photocopied fragments of the book’s typography and edged with inlaid strips of painted goatskin to give three-dimensional effect, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, purple suede doublures and flyleaves, signed and dated 1992 on rear turn-in, preserved in cloth drop-back box, 8vo, 205 x 140mm., Ashendene Press, 1924.
est. £1500 – £2000
Printed by St.John Hornby for his daughter Rosamund’s tenth birthday.