Twenty-nine books from the collection of Allen Freer

Item date: 20th century
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 9,180
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2004
Item institution: Manchester Metropolitan University, Library
Town/City: Manchester
County: Lancashire

The strength of this collection of modern illustrated books is in wood-engraved books of the 1920s to 1940s. Illustrators include Blair Hughes-Stanton, John Nash, Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious. The Gregynog Press and Trianon Press are represented in the collection.

Item Provenance
Allen Freer