The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper, and a Portion of her Cipher Journal. Written 1756-1770 and never before printed. Edited by Bartle Grant, and with a portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant.

DUNCAN GRANT.

Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1924

About this Item

First edition, limited to 850 numbered copies, this being #200. Crown 8vo. [viiķ], 94pp. Full blue buckram with bevelled edges, lettered in gold at the spine. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A small area of fading to the head of the backstrip where the dust wrapper is defective. Some very light partial toning to the free endpapers. Many leaves uncut and unopened. A lovely bright copy in the uncommon dust wrapper, which is somewhat toned and dust soiled, with a short jagged tear to the head of the spine panel, a little accompanying loss, and several further fractions of loss from two corner tips.

Seller Inventory # ARC94311

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Receipt Book of Elizabeth Raper, and a Portion of her Cipher Journal. Written 1756-1770 and never before printed. Edited by Bartle Grant, and with a portrait and decorations by Duncan Grant.
• Publisher: The Nonesuch Press, London
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nonesuch Press