BULLETIN OF THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, MANCHESTER, VOLUME 25; In Honour of Henry Guppy
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine; large 8vo. 239 pp. Seven plates including frontispiece. Special volume in honor of librarian Henry Guppy (who served as librarian from the founding in 1899 until his death in 1948). Signed by Guppy on frontispiece. Spine sunned; light wear to corners. Book includes related ephemera: Letter from Guppy that references this “special issue of the ‘Bulletin’” and an invitation dated 1927 to a luncheon in Edinburgh. Very good, solid many pages uncut (presumably issued without a dust jacket). Very good. Item #15902
Price: $100.00