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120. PAPAGEORGIOU, Athana- sius ICONS OF CYPRUS Transla- tion by James Hogarth, Preface by His Beatitude Monsignor Makari- os, President of the Republic of Cy- prus Barrie and Jenkins, The Arcadia Press, 1971. Deluxe issue, number 207 of 265 copies, specially designed and bound by Zaehnsdorf of London
for the Arcadia Press. Signed by Archbishop Makarios on the title page. 4to. Full scarlet morocco with gilt and black inlays and gilt tooling. All edges gilt. Paint splash endpapers. Housed in origi- nal fleece-lined clamshell box. Colour photographs throughout. A very good copy, with some spotting to the upper board and spine lettering lacking, in a near fine box with some rubbing to corners. [46445] £225 The book brings together outstanding examples of the artistic achieve- ments of Cyprus in the field of Byzantine icon-painting.
SIGNED BY ANDRE SIMON 119. SIMON, André L. WINES OF THE WORLD Arcadia Press, 1969. First edition, special deluxe issue. Number 29 of 265 copies, signed by Simon, bound for the publishers by Zaehnsdorf in full burgundy morocco with colour leaf onlays and grapes in gilt to the upper cover. Raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. Elabo- rate gilt dentelle turn ins over marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Housed in original cream clamshell box. Sixty colour plates and 21 maps in the text. A fine copy, in a fine box. Typewritten order notice loosely inserted. [46442] £1,650
The grandfather of wine writers, Simon wrote over a hundred books and pam- phlets on wine. “Andre Simon - bibliophile, gourmet, wine connoisseur, historian and writ- er - is unrivalled in his contribution to the ‘art of good living’.” - James Gabler (Wine into Words)
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