Countryside Treasures Quotations Selected, Decorated and Illustrated by Horace J. Knowles KNOWLES, Horace J. Drawings from nature feature far more prominently in Knowles’s later work, and the theme is rendered most exquisitely in Countryside Treasures , a 1946 book in which Knowles selects and decorates choice literary quota- tions on the beauty of nature. 84. Complete Archive Of Artwork [c.1946]. Complete archive of pen and ink drawings on paper. Forty sev- en sheets, each 19.5cm x 28.5cm. Each page either initialled or signed by Knowles. Two sheets have been mounted onto board. Pencil instructions by Knowles for the printers. Included is also one unused illustration for this book, and a full set of printed proofs. [33004]
Given By Knowles To His Wife 83. Countryside Treasures Francis James Publishing Co., 1946. First edition. 4to. Red buckram with gilt lettering and decoration in gilt, in green dustwrapper printed in black. Price of 25/- net printed on the front flap. Signed limited edition, this being number 1006 of 1025 copies (1000 for sale) printed on Arnold’s Mould made paper. Signed by Knowles. “Laurie” written in pencil on the front pastedown in Know- les’s hand. Illustrated and with calligraphic text throughout. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, which has a chip to the base of the spine and a missing chunk to the top of the spine. [33003]
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