Shadow of Eros
signed Hardcover
1952 · London
by Bury, Adrian
London: The Dropmore Press, 1952. Full rich brown niger morocco, 5 raised bands, gilt lettered spine and script gilt signature of Alfred Gilbert on upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket has faint dampstains on upper panel and upper flap fold and overall minor shelfwear. Number 1 of 53 copies specially bound and signed by author of a total of 300 copies printed. A well produced biographical and critical study of the life and works of the sculptor, Sir Alfred Gilbert.. Limited/Numbered. Full-Leather. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Sir Alfred Gilbert. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. (Inventory #: W0916AB)