[Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts] A Faerie Pageant E-List 19 A rare example of Avery's

A rare example of Avery's superb binding work

A few notations on front fly page regarding illustrations in the text

surrounded by gilt rules and a pattern around the outer edge of roundels and square fleurons

as the catalogue features two other volumes illuminated by Bamburgh

"[Updike] designed the book with the help of his partner John Bianchi

[Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts] A Faerie Pageant E-List 19 A rare example of Avery'sSleigh, Bernard. A Faerie Pageant. Birmingham: Printed at The Kynoch Press in December 1924 and limited to 475 copies. "With illustrations drawn by him [Sleigh] and engraved on wood by Ivy A Ellis and the author and bound by Frank Garrett. Sold by Bernard Sleigh, 3 Newhall Street, Birmingham and Frank Garrett, Cornwall Chambers." 12 wood engravings. Linen spine with pictorial boards. A beautiful book by one of the leading artists of the Birmingham