Books and Manuscripts · Lot 14

The B.B.C. Handbook 1929.

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1929, 480p., ills., adverts., orig. cl. w. dustwr. des. by EDWARD McKNIGHT KAUFFER.

Wyn Griffith, Ll. Spring of Youth. Foreword D. Lloyd George. London, Constable, 1935, 1st ed., VIII,(2),134p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. des. by BEN NICHOLSON.

Lot: 14
Auction: Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
Section: GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950
Estimate: €50 – €70
Result: €50
Photos: 2 photos

Condition

Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Dutswr. lacks half of backwrapper, backstrip dam., some wear and other sm. defects (mainly strengthened on verso).

Yellowed; pencil markings. Dustwr. soiled and sl. foxed/ stained, partly sunned, worn on folds and w. tears in margins (partly repaired on verso).

Notes

One of only a few dustwrappers designed by Ben Nicholson.