Harry Muir - Bookman. A Memoir

[Bookplates]. MUIR, Marcie

Published by Croft Press (printed and bound there for the Author), Cobargo, 1993

About this Item

Cobargo, Croft Press (printed and bound there for the Author), 1993. Octavo, [3]-45, [46-52] pages with 6 tipped-in bookplates (2 in colour). Plain card covers with attached slightly overlapping stiffened wrappers with narrow French flaps (with a two-colour paper title-label mounted on the front cover); top corners of the wrappers lightly bumped; an excellent copy. Number 9 of 20 special copies with 'an additional double spread and 4 extra H.B. Muir bookplates'. The standard issue comprised 200 copies signed by the author (numbered 21-220, with each one containing two tipped-in bookplates 'from Harry Muir's private collection and the title page colophon [here printed in red] was the one he used at the Wakefield Press'). Only 100 copies of the standard issue were for sale. The standard issue contains a colour linocut frontispiece by George Perrottet, and a plain woodcut by Eric Thake at page [44]. The four additional plates in this special edition are by G.D. Perrottet (in colour), Adrian Feint, Derek Riley and John Goodchild. Provenance: Marcie Muir (1919-2007); by descent. Seller Inventory # 133722

Bibliographic Details

Title: Harry Muir - Bookman. A Memoir

Publisher: Croft Press (printed and bound there for the Author), Cobargo

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.