David Gray "Gallops" Signed Edition with many Equestrian Illustrations
by Gray , David
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About This Item
Gray, David. Hitchcock Edition of David Gray Gallops Signed by The Derrydale Press. 1929. with many Equestrian Illustrations by Paul Brown. 3 vols. Red cloth with gilt titling on black, and gilt design on the front cover,v8vo. The Hitchcock edition" of David Gray's sporting stories, number 159 of 750 sets signed by the author on the half-title of Gallops 1. Avid sportsman Eugene Connett, after studying the typography of Daniel Berkeley Updike, founded the famed Derrydale Press, with the intent "to reprint the very scarce early American books on sport which had become so rare that some of them would never be seen outside of a few private collections... and to produce a group of books on contemporary American sport which, because of their beauty, would be preserved instead of discarded in time." Gallops 1 first published 1897. Siegel 28; Frazier G-15-a; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 163. Bookplate of Henry Payne McIntosh affixed to inside of front cover on all 3 volumes. ,Condition is Very Good.
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- David Gray "Gallops" Signed Edition with many Equestrian Illustrations
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- Gray , David
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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