[Rarebooks] fs: Roland Clark, Gunner's Dawn + more...

Joslin Hall Rare Books office at joslinhall.com
Mon Jun 20 08:09:40 EDT 2005


Two Clark books for the price of one...

Clark, Roland.  GUNNER'S DAWN.

New York; The Derrydale Press: 1937.
Edition limited to 950 copies.

Roland Clark was one of the premier wildfowl artist of the 20th 
century.  This was his second book of gunning tales, coming between "Stray 
Shots" and "Pot Luck".

As John Holman writes in the Introduction to "Pot Luck"- "As a teller of 
tales that grip the hearts of men who go out in the early dawn and cast 
their decoys on rosy waters, or tramp the frosty uplands, he is hard to 
surpass".

Hardcover. 7.5"x10.25", 125 pages, an original signed etching as the 
frontispiece, plus 5 color and 14 b/w plates; color plates with tissue 
guards; publisher's full, gilt-ruled leather with a gilt duck emblem 
stamped on the front; covers with minor wear, a little rubbing, abrasion, 
etc., gilt duck somewhat rubbed. Contents with a bit of light spotting on 
the tissue guards and very minorly on a few color plate margins. Bookplate 
on front pastedown with minor offsetting on the ffe.

Our Usual Price $500.00
Today's SPRING INTO SUMMER SALE PRICE $350.00

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!

Buy "Gunner's Dawn" today, and we'll throw in another Clark book absolutely 
free-

Clark, Roland.  ROLAND CLARK'S ETCHINGS.  Lyon; Derrydale Press: 1990.  2nd 
edition.  Limited to 2500 copies. A reissue of the 1938 classic survey of 
the work of one of the great wildfowl artists of the 20th century. 
Hardcover. 9"x12", 1 page of text plus 69 b/w plates; burgundy leatherette 
covers with gilt title, near fine.

So you get two great books for one great price.
Operators are standing by!


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