Price: £400
Subject: Modern First Edition
Published Date: 1947
Stock Number: 76847
Sadleir (Michael)
Forlorn Sunset.
Description: FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 25 COPIES for presentation], frontispiece lithograph by John Piper, pp. xi, 501, crown 8vo, original presentation binding of full vellum, bevelled edges, author's monogram atamped in gilt to upper board, the backstrip lettered in black against a gilt ground, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, slipcase (this slightly toned and marked), the book itself near fine
Publication Details: Constable, 1947
Notes: Inscribed by the author on the initial blank: 'Charles Dodds, from his friend the author, M.J.S., 1.1.47 (one of 25 copies in vellum)'. The recipient was probably the eminent biochemist.
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