ENVI - THE STONE-CUTTER: A Fable by John Henry Steele, mounted illustrations by E.R. Bradley, March 1, 1945, limited to 25 copies of which this is #14 and the author's personal copy with bookplate attached to front pastedown. Printed by Irvin V. Willat, Hollywood

This book is in good+ condition without dust jacket as issued. Quarter bound leather, linen, with gilt titles. Book shows cracking to hinge, front and back. Spotting to leather at bottom front corner, tanning to fore-edge and top edge. Light tanning to pages.  11 pages, 6 mounted color plates. Signed by Author, Illustrator and Printer.

John Henry Steele was a friend and the publicist of Ingrid Bergman. He wrote a well received biography, INGRID BERGMAN - An Intimate Portrait, in 1959, 14 years after this little book. Very little else is known about him, Stanford University has papers archived on his lawsuit with Dell Publishing over the Ingrid Bergman title as well as the manuscript and notes

Irvin V. Willat, listed as the printer, was more noteably a film director from 1917-1937

E.R. Bradley, artist for Warner Brothers? and illustrator of children's book SHAGGY- The Horse from Wyoming.

A curious and extremely rare little book.

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