MOORE, SIR ALAN - ‘LAST DAYS OF MAST & SAIL’
MOORE, SIR ALAN - ‘LAST DAYS OF MAST & SAIL’
illustrated by R. Morton Nance, published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925, pale blue cloth bound; together with Derby, W. L. A - 'The Tall Ships Pass', published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1937, dark blue cloth bound (2)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
MOORE, SIR ALAN - ‘LAST DAYS OF MAST & SAIL’
illustrated by R. Morton Nance, published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925, pale blue cloth bound; together with Derby, W. L. A - 'The Tall Ships Pass', published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1937, dark blue cloth bound (2)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
