Roseberys London
Lot 573
Attallah, Naim: Women, full blue morocco binding by Asprey & Co. Ltd., with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and lapis lazuli panels with gold-plated mounts to the front and rear boards, gilt page edges, held in a quarter blue leather and cloth presentation box with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, London: Quartet Books, 1987, together with: Speaking for the Oldie, full green morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and green marbled end pages, gilt page edges, London: Quartet Books, 1994; Tara & Claire, full blue morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and blue marbled end pages, gilt page ends, London: Quartet Books, 1996; and Insights, full midnight blue morocco binding by Glenn Bartley, with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and marbled end pages, gilt page edges, London: Quartet Books, 1999 (4)Condition Report: Overall these books are in good decorative order. The gold plating to the lapis panels affixed to the boards of the copy of 'Women' are tarnished and rubbed, the bottom left corner of the gold-plated border to the panel on the front board is lifting from the leather. The leather spine of the presentation case of 'Women' is somewhat faded in colour and has small marks. The leather spine of 'Tara and Claire' is somewhat faded in colour. The pages to each book are in good condition, the gilt edging is largely intact. Additional images are available - click here.
