ULTRAMARINE.
Lowry, Malcolm:
London: Jonathan Cape, [1933]. Gathered signatures bound into drab gray paper wrappers. Some foxing early and late, tanning at edges, short closed tear at top edge of front wrapper and title, wraps a bit creased and darkened, but a good copy. Custom folding cloth case. Sheets of the first edition of the author's uncommon first book (printed in an edition of fifteen hundred copies), denoted a "File Copy" via a small stamp on the title leaf. Sold as a "Proof Copy" -- which it is not -- at Sotheby's London, 10 April 1990 (1500 pounds Sterling, plus add-ons). There are no variations in composition, paper, trim-size, etc, from the published book. The wrappers are potentially of somewhat later vintage, and this copy may have been retained by the printer, binder, or publisher in the course of production. WOOLMER A1a.
(Item ID: WRCLIT32732) $3,500.00