2 wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and Simon Brett. One of 120 copies, this one unnumbered. 8vo., original brown cloth backed, printed paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy. The Tale of Two Benches is taken from Gibbings's book Till I End My Song, being the chapter about the village where the Alembic Press was based, Marcham in Oxfordshire. Included is the history of Marcham and how Gibbings came to be there.

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Title: A Tale of Two Benches.
Publisher: Alembic Press, Marcham
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover

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