F. L. Lucas; Dorothea Braby (illus.)
Gilgamesh. King of Erech, 1948
London: Golden Cockerel Press
One of 60 copies specially bound. Signed by Lucas and Braby.
3167
Octavo. 64pp. Braby's twelve engravings portray the tale of Gilgamesh and Enkidu through expressive and fluid linework and straightforward black-and-white definition, fitting for the now-foundational myth of the Western canon....
Octavo. 64pp. Braby's twelve engravings portray the tale of Gilgamesh and Enkidu through expressive and fluid linework and straightforward black-and-white definition, fitting for the now-foundational myth of the Western canon. Bound in half brown morocco with yellow cloth over boards and gilt-stamped motif of the titular hero to upper cover. Some rubs to corners, faint toning to upper margins of covers, spine somewhat darkened, else a very good or better copy. T.e.g.
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