(Reading Room Press.) Simon Brett: 'Thirty More Years. Bookp...

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(Reading Room Press.) Simon Brett: 'Thirty More Years. Bookplates 1990-2020', The Reading Room Press, 2020, limited edition, number 104 of 190 copies only, 68 wood engravings by Simon Brett, Nos 83 to 150, done between 1990 and 2020, including one tipped-in example verso of foreword, pencil signed by Simon Brett, foreword by Dr Miles Wigfield, typeset in Perpetua on an Albion press onto Zerkall paper, original quarter cloth gilt, patterned paper covered boards created by Paul Kershaw, the whole bound at Paul Kidson's Ludlow Bookbinders, original prospectus loosely inserted, [4]pp, Autograph Note Signed by Miles Wigfield to rear cover, Thijs Mauve: 'Rotterdam Wood Engravings - The Wood Engravings from Het Hersel der Kademuren in de Rotterdamsche Zeehavens', Reading Room Press, 2017, limited edition, number 22 of 103 copies, printed on Zerkall Ingres by Miles Wigfield on his Albion press, 9 full page wood engraved illustrations, 4to (28 x 23cm), original quarter cloth bound in the Japanese style, patterned paper covered boards, printed paper label to front cover, original prospectus loosely inserted; A.S.J. Tessimond: 'Horoscope for Diane', Reading Room Press, 2005, limited edition, number 16 of 100 copies, signed & inscribed presentation copy from the printer Miles Wigfield, orig. printed wraps, original prospectus with [2] page ALS from Miles Wigfield loosely inserted, 'Forrest Reid a letter to Edmund Gosse', Reading Room Press, 2004, limited edition, number 14 of 75 copies, signed & inscribed presentation copy from the printer Miles Wigfield, orig. printed wraps, original compliment slip with ALS from Miles Wigfield to verso loosely inserted (4)