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121. Lawrence SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES Country LifeM 1914 [1925]. WEAVER, First edition, dated 1914 to title page, in a secondary binding. 4to. Original red cloth lettered in cream to the upper cover and spine, in a printed dustwrap- per. Tipped-in colour frontis- piece after a painting by Cyril A. Farey of The Mound, Long Crendon. Further photographs throughout the text. A near fine copy with a little flaking to the lettering on the spine, in a good+ dustwrapper with tanning to the
a new edition should be printed, Weaver “remodelled it wholly, and sixteen of the thirty-nine subjects are new.” Similarly, volume two represents twenty-eight architects for the first time, before R. Randall Phillips overtook editorship of the series for the first appearance of the third volume in 1925. 123. WILSON, Sir John THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLEC- TION Dropmore Press, 1952. First edition, deluxe issue. Publisher’s full red morocco, with the royal crest in gilt on the front board and five raised bands, gilt lettering and Tudor rose stamps to the spine and back board. Top edge gilt. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. Extensively illustrated with two collotypes of King George V & VI, twelve colour pho- tographic plates with tissue guards, eight pages of monographs and forty-eight illustrations in a catalogue at rear. A fine copy. [46127] £600 A finely illustrated history of the postage stamp collection of the British Royal Family as well as a detailed catalogue, arranged geographically by British territories on different continents. The Royal collection is held at St James’ Palace in London, this catalogue of the collection being prepared by Sir John Wilson who was the president of the Royal Phil-
spine and chips to the spine ends. [46000] £150 Following the success and popularity of the chapters on the repair and restoration of houses in Small Country Houses Of To-day, Weaver de- cided to expand on the subject, choosing forty examples of enlarged and repaired old houses.
atelic Society and known as the ‘keeper’ until 1969. Sir John was integral to the introduction of coloured albums that preserved the stamps and letters. He also led the resurrection of exhi- bitions and loans to muse- ums after World War II.
122. WEAVER, Lawrence; PHILLIPS, R. Randall SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES OF TO-DAY Country Life, 1922-1925.
Three volumes, the first two being the third and second edi- tions, the final volume being the first edition. 4to. Original green cloth lettered in gilt and deco- rated in blind. Marbled endpa- pers. Copiously illustrated with photographs from the featured houses throughout. A very good set, bright, with minor wear to the spine ends. [46002] £600 Small Country Houses Of To-Day first appeared as a single volume in 1910, but when it was mooted that
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