RISHWORTH, Robert. Life and Love. London: Robert Hale. 1952. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s retained copy with ‘file copy’ stamped to the front endpaper. Red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, the book elevated by the wonderful dust jacket designed by Dorothea Braby. A good copy overall, the cloth slightly mottled and stained around the spine head, the binding remains tight and square, and with some light stains to the textblock top edge. The contents very slightly marked at endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (10/6 net) with several small chips, closed tears, and creasing to most edges and corners, the joints gently rubbed, some loss around spine tips, but still, an evocative design presenting nicely.
Another one of the almost-trademark Robert Hale midcentury fiction file copies printed in presumably tiny numbers. Robert Rishworth—perhaps a pseudonym—wrote a handful of novels and fell silent, the collectibility here mostly in the jacket designer. Dorothea Braby produced only a small sample of dust jackets, and is most associated with the Golden Cockerel Press for her excellent wood engravings.
RISHWORTH, Robert. Life and Love. London: Robert Hale. 1952. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s retained copy with ‘file copy’ stamped to the front endpaper. Red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, the book elevated by the wonderful dust jacket designed by Dorothea Braby. A good copy overall, the cloth slightly mottled and stained around the spine head, the binding remains tight and square, and with some light stains to the textblock top edge. The contents very slightly marked at endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (10/6 net) with several small chips, closed tears, and creasing to most edges and corners, the joints gently rubbed, some loss around spine tips, but still, an evocative design presenting nicely.
Another one of the almost-trademark Robert Hale midcentury fiction file copies printed in presumably tiny numbers. Robert Rishworth—perhaps a pseudonym—wrote a handful of novels and fell silent, the collectibility here mostly in the jacket designer. Dorothea Braby produced only a small sample of dust jackets, and is most associated with the Golden Cockerel Press for her excellent wood engravings.
