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Gregynog Press, 1939. Hardback, full morocco, design by Paul Nash. 25 x 17.5cm. [xi] 188pp, [1]. Engraved frontis by John Farleigh. Number 299 of an edition of 300. Boards very slightly bowed. Binding a little rubbed, with some cracking to outer joint, but binding remains secure. Rear pastedown stamped: 'Gregynog Press Bindery. Paul Nash'. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good. John Farleigh; Paul Nash. Limited edition Gregynog Press edition of selected autobiographical writings by Shaw. Number 103 of 300. Full leather binding designed by artist Paul Nash, with art deco style initials to front and rear cover. Printed on handmade paper by Arnold and Foster, with fore-edge rough cut . With an engraved frontisportrait by John Farleigh which the artist had to continually alter for five hours straight in order to please Shaw. 4to. [xi] 188pp. Boards somewhat bowed. Some small nicks and scratches, mark to rear cover. Contents neat and clean. Good+

E-076. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Gregynog Press, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, UK. 1939. Xi, 188 pgs. #175 of a limited to 300 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Printed in Baskerville type on very pale green hand-made Arnold and Foster paper. Bound in full dark green morocco has a design, by Paul Nash, of orange morocco inlays, some of which are based on stylised versions of the author's initials. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Gregynog Press, also known as Gwasg Gregynog, is a printing press and charity located at Gregynog Hall near Newtown in Powys, Wales. Founded in 1922 by the sisters and art patrons Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, guided by Thomas Jones, the press was named after their mansion Gregynog Hall. Jones remained its chairman throughout its existence. It rose to prominence in the pre-war era as among the… Read More

Montgomeryshire, Wales: The Gregynog Press, 1939. No. 264 of 300 copies. Contents fresh, spine just very lightly faded. No. 264 of 300 copies. Quarto. [v], vii-xi [i], 188p. [ii]. Illustrated with a wood engraved frontispiece portrait by John Farleigh. Printed in Baskerville type on Arnold & Foster green tinted hand-made paper. Bound by the Gregynog Press Bindery in full dark green oasis with onlaid abstract designs in orange with three symbols on the upper cover and one on the lower cover, the spine has orange titles with one raised bad with block or orange onlay in lower panel, the covers with a horizontal band on orange onlay at the bottom. The binding is signed "Gregynog Press Bindery, Paul Nash". Harrop No. 40.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1939. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. Gregynog Press. tall 8vo. full green morocco with onlaid designs by Paul Nash incorporating Shaw's initials and having different designs on the front and back in orange morocco - a signed Gregynog binding. [xi] 188, [1] pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Harrop, Zilverdistel no.40). Frontispiece portrait of Shaw by John Farleigh. Head of spine worn, with some scattered wear to spine. General shelfwear. Boards somewhat bowed. As is common with this title there is offsetting from the leather turn-ins to the front and rear endpaper edges. Edges of preliminary pages show small tears, else the interior is in fine condition. With the bookplate of Robin Satinsky on the front pastedown. Printed in Baskerville type on very pale green hand-made Arnold and Foster paper. Zero fading… Read More

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1939. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. FARLEIGH John. In a binding designed by Paul Nash in dark green/black morocco decorated with onlaid abstract initials of GBS in orange and with a variation on the lower cover, a horizontal band of orange onlay at foot of both covers, only one raised band at bottom quarter of spine with an orange onlay strip beneath, titles in orange direct to spine, top edge trimmed, others deckled, stamped at bottom edge of rear pastedown: 'Gregynog Press Bindery . Paul Nash', 4 tiny wear spots to spine edge, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xi), [1], 188 pp, [1] limitation, some light edge browning to prelims, printed on Arnold & Foster green tinted hand-made paper, wood engraved frontispiece portrait by John Farleigh, top edge cut remainder not. An edition limited to 275 copies. (249*168 mm). (Harrop 40/206). Shaw, playwright and polemicist - see ODNB