(Michael Ayrton, Illustrated, Frederick Muller Ltd), a colle...

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£120

(Michael Ayrton, Illustrated, Frederick Muller Ltd), a collection of mid 20th Century illustrated titles, several illustrated by Michael Ayrton and/or published by Frederick Muller Ltd with lithographs, including John Craxton (ill.); Geoffrey Grigson: 'The Poet's Eye, Visionary Poems and Passages', London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1944, 1st edition, 16 full page colour lithograph plates and some black & white illustrations in text by John Craxton as called for, original pictorial cloth; Oscar Wilde: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', L, Castle Press, 1948, 1st edition, full page & in text b/w ills. by Michael Ayrton as called for, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (worn with small part losses); John Piper (ill.); 'English Scottish & Welsh Landscape 1700-c.1860', L, Frederick Muller, 1945, 2nd impression, 12 full page colour lithographs by John Piper as called for, printed at the Curwen Press, original pictorial cloth, wraparound pictorial dust wrapper (both designed by Piper); Michael Ayrton (ill.); John Arlott: 'Clausentum', L, Cape, 1946, 1st edition, frontis + 6 full page plates by Ayrton as called for, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Michael Ayrton: 'Tittivulus or The Verbiage Collector', L, Max Reinhardt, 1953, 1st edition, frontis + numerous illustrations by Ayrton (several full page) as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, wraparound pictorial d/w; William Scott (ill.); Patric Dickinson: 'Soldiers' Verse', L, Frederick Muller, 1945, 1st edition, 12 full page colour lithographs by Scott as called for, orig. pictorial cloth; Michael Ayrton (ill.): 'The Unfortunate Traveller; or, The Life of Jacke Wilton', L, John Lehmann, 1950 reprint, [2nd impression], 15 b/w plates by Ayrton as called for, rebound full morocco gilt, binding signed in gilt inside rear cover "Deluxe Binding by the Collectors Book Club London", top edge gilt; plus 2 others illustrated Michael Ayrton (9)