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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 602

A Book of Bridges, signed.

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Brangwyn, Frank (illustrator) and Walter Shaw Sparrow. A Book of Bridges, signed. London/New York: John Lane, 1916. Large paper edition. Limited to 75 copies; this being No. 4. Original tipped-in lithograph on orange paper signed below in pencil by Frank Brangwyn. Original half vellum over boards, spine titled in gilt. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Folio. Extremities rubbed and soiled, light edge chipping to boards, endpapers toned with ex libris to front pastedown; plates clean, text fine.