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LOT 3183
4th December 2024
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LOT 3183
WILLIAMSON, Henry. [The Flax of Dreams.] London: Faber & Faber and Jonathan Cape, 1929-1931. 3 vols. (of 4), limited edition, being one of 200 copies signed by the author, 8vo (228 x 146mm.) Original buckram (spines faded, stain to upper cover of vol. 1). Note: comprises books, 1, 3 and 4. ‘The Beautiful Years’ is no. 112 of 200, ‘The Dream of Fair Women’ is unnumbered, ‘The Pathway’ is no. 97, all signed by Henry Williamson. – And together with an original framed portrait of Henry Williamson’s dog ‘Billjohn’. On the back of the portrait Williamson has written: ‘FACTS, Please. This Portrait of my dog BILLJOHN was painted by Mrs. F.T. Nicholson (Royal Academy Exhibition for many years) for Lieut. H. Williamson 1st Bedfordshire Regt, during the great WAR. It was done as a souvenir, for he was ordered to INDIA. The war ceased- and he went not four months later (March 1919) came the crashing of The Beloved Illusion, Henry Williamson’.
Estimate: £200 – £300
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