[Rarebooks] fs: Roland Clark, Gunner's Dawn + more...
Joslin Hall Rare Books
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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.
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