(Fleece Press.) Richard Knowles: 'Precious Caskets. The Frie...

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£140

(Fleece Press.) Richard Knowles: 'Precious Caskets. The Friendship of T.E. Lawrence and William McCance', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2003, limited edition, one of 240 copies only, 16 tipped in plates from photographs as called for, 8 page facsimile booklet Notes made by William McCance after visiting bookbinding firms for T.E.Lawrence in 1926 and an accompanying reproduction cheque signed J. H. Ross housed in rear pocket, folio, original quarter cloth, marbled paper covered boards by Enrico Ricciardi, printed paper label to spine.

The story of the friendship between the wood-engraver, painter and typographer William McCance and the celebrated T. E. Lawrence, detailing the involvement of McCance in the choice of binders for the subscribers' edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom