Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £100 |
HUMPHRIES, Barry (1934-2023). Shades of Sandy Stone. The Reveries of a Returned Man. Edinburgh: "Privately Printed at The Tragara Press," 1989. Large 8vo (242 x 160mm). Woodcut vignette by Andrew Baird, glossary of Australian terms at the end. Original buff wrappers with printed label mounted on the upper wrapper. Provenance: from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 130 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 20 OF 30 COPIES ON VÉLIN ARCHES FOR PRESENTATION TO THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "For Robert [Booth] + Suzie, May they be as happy as Sandy + Beryl - or happier! With love from Barry + Lizzie, 1990."