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Hassall, Joan. Dearest Sydney: Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell - From Italy and France, April-May, 1950. Fleece Press, 1991.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hardback, quarter cloth, decorative paper covered boards. 27 x 16.5cm. 66pp, [3]. Illustrated with tipped in facsimiles and photographs. One of a edition 220 copies printed by Simon Lawrence. A few faint spots ion the exterior top edge, otherwise fine.

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

North Lee (Ed) Brian. Dearest Sydney: Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell - From Italy and France, April-May, 1950. Fleece Press 1991, 1991.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Description: Fine in publishers cloth backed decorated boards with paper label to spine in acetate wrap. Limited to 220 copies. 1st edition, 1st issue. ISBN 0948375302

Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom

Brian North Lee (ed.). Dearest Sydney. Fleece Press, Netherton, Wakefield, 1991.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 27x17cm, 67pp With tipped-in photographs and facsimiles. One of 220 copies bound in quarter-brown cloth over brown patterned paper-covered boards, paper title-label to backstrip. A record of Joan Hassall's holiday correspondence with Sir Sydney Cockerell, the friend who had financed her twenty-six day tour of Italy and France. Predates the Fleece Press's wider-ranging survey of her letters, also edited by Brian North Lee, published as 'Dear Joana' in 2000. Fine.

Seller: Woodbridge Rare Books, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Lee, Brian North. Dearest Sydney Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France April - May 1950. Edited by Brian North Lee. The Fleece Press, Wakefield, 1991.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Description: Limited edition of 220 copies, 1991. Hardback. 66, [1] pp. Tipped in facsimiles of letters and photographs. Quarter bound orange cloth over printed paper covered boards. Printed paper label to spine. No jacket (as issued). Book in fine condition - just the tiniest bit of spotting to the top edge of the text block. Previous owner's bookplate to ffep. Very clean and bright copy.

Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom

Hassall, J. ; Lee, B.N. ; Fleece Press.. Dearest Sydney : Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950.. Fleece Press, Wakefield, first edition, 1991, 1991.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Description: Limited edition of 220 copies. Quarter-cloth and patterned paper boards, paper spine-label, 8vo, 27 cm. 66, [1] pp, tipped-in ills, facs. Fine.

Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom

Fleece Press. Hassall (Joan) Edited by Brian North Lee. Dearest Sydney; Joan Hassall’s letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950. The Fleece Press, Wakefield, [1991], 1991.

Price: US$68.23 + shipping

Description: Tipped-in plates One of 220 copies. Set in Monotype Scotch Roman on Mohawk Superfine, Title printed in red and black Tall 8vo Fine copy, as new Rogerson 26 Brown quarter cloth, patterned boards, spine with printed label, by Smith Settle

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

Lee, Brian North [editor]. Dearest Sydney; Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell From Italy & France, April-May 1950. Published by The Fleece Press, Wakefield, 1991.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Description: , 66 pages of correspondence between Joan Hassall and Sydney Cockerell in 1950 with 3 tipped in black and white photographs, one tipped in illustration and one tipped in copy of a letter which folds out First Edition, Limited edition, one of 220 copies printed , fine condition , quarter bound in peach cloth with printed paper, paper title label on spine , 27x16.5cm Hardback ISBN: 948375302

Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom

LEE, Brian North.. DEAREST SYDNEY. JOAN HASSALL'S LETTERS TO SYDNEY COCKERELL FROM ITALY & FRANCE, APRIL - MAY 1950.. The Fleece Press., Wakefield Uk., 1991.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Tall 8vo. One of 220 copies printed by Simon Lawrence using Scotch Roman cast by Bill Hughes; bound in Otley by Smith Settle. ISBN:0948375302 Fine. First Edition. Hardback.

Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.

LEE, Brian North, editor. Dearest Sydney. Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950. The Fleece Press (1991), (Netherton, Wakefield), 1991.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Small, narrow 4to, portrait and illustrations tipped-in, quarter linen and decorated paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Very fine copy. First edition. One of 220 copies printed (the entire edition).

Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

[HASSALL, Joan]; LEE, Brian North (Ed). DEAREST SYDNEY Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950. The Fleece Press, 1991.

Price: US$107.86 + shipping

Description: First edition. 8vo. One of only 220 copies. Quarter terracotta cloth, paper title label, over decorative paper covered boards. A fine copy. Portrait frontis, two further tipped in photographs, tipped in facsimile drawing and fold out facsimile letter.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

[The Fleece Press] Lee, Brian North [Ed.].. Dearest Sydney. Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy and France, April - May 1950.. Wakefield: Simon Lawrence at his Fleece Press, 1991., 1991.

Price: US$110.46 + shipping

Description: One of an edition of 220 copies, printed by Simon Lawrence using Scotch Roman cast by Bill Hughes and bound in Otley by Smith Settle. Orange quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, paper label to the spine, and green endpapers. Imperial Octavo. 270 mm x 165 mm, pp. [2 blank] [1-4] 5-68 [limitation page] [5 blank], with one illustration, one copy letter and two photographs tipped-in. Now with a custom built slipcase by Christopher Shaw. A book in Fine condition.

Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom

Brian North Lee (Editor). Dearest Sydney Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell. Fleece Press, Netherton, 1991.

Price: US$129.95 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: DEAREST SYDNEY Joan Hassall's Letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France April - May 1950 Brian North Lee (Editor) The Fleece Press, Netherton. 1991 First edition ISBN 0948375302 Illustrated Hardback. Sydney Cockerell, one-time Secretary to the Kelmscott Press, paid for Joan’s first foreign holiday, and she rewarded him by sending almost a letter a day , highly descriptive and evocative, telling of her adventures in Florence, Venice, Paris, Chartres and other destinations. In this beautifully produced private press edition are the letters illustrated with several photos, and a reproduced letter and card all tipped in This is one of a print run of 220 copies. This copy is in MINT condition quarter bound linen with a paper title panel to the spine decorative paper covered boards. Ref O2 Size: 70pp

Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom

Joan Hassall; edited by Brian North Lee. DEAREST SYDNEY. JOAN HASSALL'S LETTERS TO SYDNEY COCKERELL FROM ITALY & FRANCE, APRIL - MAY 1950. The Fleece Press, Wakefield, UK, 1991.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Letters sent by Joan Hassall to her mentor Sydney Cockerell during a trip to Europe underwritten by Cockerell. Quarter bound linen over decorative paper covered boards and paper title panel to the spine. One of 220 copies printed by Simon Lawrence of The Fleece Press. Two postcards from Simon Lawrence to Rosalind Lorber regarding the book. This copy belonged to Ms. Lorber, who was, among other things, a calligrapher and cover designer for Random House. Fine binding.

Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.