Asprey, Signed (2 results)

Condition: Sehr gut. Original cloth binding with dust jacket, 95 pages, illustrated throughout, very good condition. From the library of naturalist and hunter Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011), who for several decades was managing director and owner of gunmaker Holland and Holland, with a signed dedication to him by Algernon Asprey on the half title. Also inserted is a note by Lyell drawing notice to pp 44/45 of the book showing a sumptous gun cabinet designed by Asprey for 4 guns, which had been designed by Lyell for the Queen`s Jubilee in 1977. Apart from this interior design i.a. for the Royal Palace at Kathmandu/Nepal, the Guest Palace at Riyadh/Saudi Arabia (and other palaces there), presents for the Queen of Thailand, but also some corporate offices. Curious. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gold lettering. 212 pages + ads. Very good condition. Signed on the title page by Yeats, "WB Yeats, New York, March 6 1904". Bookplate on inside front cover with the names 'Crosby and Hilda Gaige.' (Gaige was a NY collector of note.) Housed in a custom slipcase, with leather spine (blue) with raised cords, lettering and date in gold on the spine. The slipcase is not signed, but it is a very near match to the solander boxes made by Asprey in which other volumes in this collection are housed. Receipt from the Asprey company for sale of this book in the 1990's tucked inside. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).