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Powys (Llewelyn) Glory of Life,g.Cock,1934

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number 150 of 277 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece, title, initials and illustrations by Robert Gibbings, title and initials printed in red, bookplate of Lloyd Emerson Siberell on front pastedown and photograph of Robert Gibbings taken by Kenneth Hopkins in 1937 tipped in, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, modern cloth slip-case, [Chanticleer 91], 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934.

***"Probably the finest example of Robert Gibbings' book illustration. His magnificent title-page engraved in wood was an innovation, and titles of this kind would enhance the beauty of many publishers' books." Chanticleer..

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