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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2017 ~ 10am
• Lot #:
  814
• Lot Description:
  DONALD FRIEND {1914 – 1989] - THE FARCE OF SODOM:
  “The farce of Sodom. By the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester. Written for the Royal Company of Whoremasters, and printed a-new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author in the thirty-third year of his life. With sets and costumes suitable for theatrical performances designed by Donald Friend.” (Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980). No.8 of 10; Large folio, full crushed red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with ornately tooled contrasting inlays, gilt-filet, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering and inlaid devices for Zaehnsdorf and the Gryphon Press, silk endpapers, all edges gilt, in red cloth slipcase. Colour plates tipped in, b/w frontispiece and illustrations in text, a fine copy. One of 10 deluxe editions, [being No.178 of the total of 250] signed by Friend, sumptuously bound by the notable firm of Zaehnsdorf.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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