OLIVIER, EDITH - 'IN PURSUIT OF RARE MEATS'
OLIVIER, EDITH - 'IN PURSUIT OF RARE MEATS'
pamphlet, published on behalf of the Tate Gallery, stapled brown paper bound; together with two other titles by the same author - 'Country Moods and Tenses' and 'Night Thoughts of a Country Landlady', both published by Batsford, London, 1942 reprint and 1943 first edition respectively, blue cloth bound with dustwrappers (3)
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.
OLIVIER, EDITH - 'IN PURSUIT OF RARE MEATS'
pamphlet, published on behalf of the Tate Gallery, stapled brown paper bound; together with two other titles by the same author - 'Country Moods and Tenses' and 'Night Thoughts of a Country Landlady', both published by Batsford, London, 1942 reprint and 1943 first edition respectively, blue cloth bound with dustwrappers (3)
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.
