Mccance William (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Unpaginated. [12 p.] 29 cm. 2 b&w engravings by William McCance, one a portrait of Rhys. Brown cardboard folder with black print is sewn with red silk. Sir John Rhys was a Welsh scholar, fellow of the British Academy, and the first Professor of Celtic languages at Oxford University. This booklet is an appeal for funds to erect a village hall in his native village, Abercaero, Ponterwyd, Co. Cardigan, in his memory. The text is in English and Welsh. Gregynog Press still exists as a private printing press in Wales, producing limited edition, hand-bound books.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good copy with some wear to cover at the edges, back cover loosening. This issue contains the well illustrated 3pp article on the Eric Kennington effigy of T.E. Lawrence at Wareham.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 266 [274]. Bound in publisher's full leather (by the The Gregynog Press bindery). Wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Limited edition of 300 copies. Some considerable rubbing and scuffing to covers and slight marking on the rear, overall near very good minus with clean text. Bookplate on the front pastedown of Nottingham Library. Suitable for rebinding.