The Tinkers of Elstow

Bates (H.E.).   Illustrations by Randolph Schwabe [Privately Printed for Lyons & Co.],   [1945] First Edition One of 300 numbered copies on handmade paper, signed by the author and the artist   Full blue calf, gilt Covers somewhat marked and rubbed and head and foot of spine worn and chipped, but internally a very nice copy  The story of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Elstow in Bedfordshire, managed for the Ministry of Supply by Lyons and Co. during the Second World War 

Price: £80