The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays - Frances Clarke Sayers copy
London: Hogarth Press, 1950. Vanessa Bell (dust jacket illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 223, [1]. Bound in plum cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. In the price-clipped dust jacket, spine darkened and two small stains on front panel (please see photos). With a gift inscription to the children's book author Frances Clarke Sayers (addressed here as "Frances") covering the front free endpaper. Her modest notes are penciled in a corner of the rear endpaper. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #5562
An image of the dust jacket is featured in Martin Salisbury's The Illustrated Dust Jacket (p. 54), where it's noted that "despite the apparent crudity and rather random nature of the image, the sheer spiritedness of the mark-making make Bell's design highly appealing." A handsome copy, eminently presentable. KIRKPATRICK, A30b. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $125.00