Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, 2 vol., one of 500 copies, Newtown, 1931 & Autobiography of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 1928 (3)
Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol., number 81 of 500 copies, titles in terracotta and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, original russet linen, gilt, uncut, 1931 § Herbert (Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury) The Autobiography..., number 224 of 300 copies, hand-coloured wood-engraved coat-of-arms on title, initials in red, wood-engraved illustrations by Horace Walter Bray, original buckram with coat-of-arms in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1928, [Harrop 18 & 10], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press (3)
⁂ The first was the most expensive book produced by the press, bound in Sundour non-fade cloth. This is an excellent copy, without the usual rubbing to edges.
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Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol., number 81 of 500 copies, titles in terracotta and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, original russet linen, gilt, uncut, 1931 § Herbert (Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury) The Autobiography..., number 224 of 300 copies, hand-coloured wood-engraved coat-of-arms on title, initials in red, wood-engraved illustrations by Horace Walter Bray, original buckram with coat-of-arms in gilt to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1928, [Harrop 18 & 10], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press (3)
⁂ The first was the most expensive book produced by the press, bound in Sundour non-fade cloth. This is an excellent copy, without the usual rubbing to edges.