Elphin Lloyd Jones.
JONES Thomas.; GREGYNOG PRESS (1929.)
£140.00
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3 wood-engravings by R.A. Maynard, 8 page facsimile of a school essay. Printed on Japanese vellum. 8vo, original printed paper covered boards, small stain on upper cover, headcaps very mildly bumped, otherwise a very good, bright copy. Privately printed at the Gregynog Press.
A tragic piece of printing being a eulogy to Thomas Jones's son Elphin who was killed in a traffic accident at the age of twelve. The book contains separate memoirs by both of his parents around a facsimile copy of one of his school essays. Thomas Jones was the chief adviser and friend to the Davies sisters and the whole Gregynog enterprise.Scarce.
Stock Code: 118848
