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Decorative paste-papers. A collection of paste-papers given to Faith Shannon by Ruari McLean, comprising 36 A4 paste-paper sheets of various colours & designs, sheet size 320 x 227 mm, contained together in purpose-made paste-paper portfolio, accompanied with a detailed note in Faith Shannon's hand to her daughter & son written on Corranbeg Workshops letterhead paper dated 24 May 2006 explaining the provenance of the paper and a number of other items in her collection 'Hannah/Shannon, This contains a miscellaneous collection of papers given to me by Ruari McLean when he was clearing his library at Caisaig, Hull. Some are just what caught his eye and amused it no doubt...', together with two volumes given to Faith Shannon by Ruari McLean comprising: Courteline (Georges), Three Stories, George Moinaux alias Courteline, translated from the French by Ruari McLean, Broomrigg, Dollar, Scotland: McLean Associates, [1976], wood engraved frontispiece and illustrations, pencil inscription to front free-endpaper 'Faith from Ruari 1999', original wrappers torn to rear with slight loss, slim 8vo, and Warner (Sylvia Townsend), Boxwood, Twenty-one Engravings by Reynolds Stone Illustrated in verse, London: Chatto & Windus, 1960, wood engraved illustrations, front free-endpaper inscribed in pencil 'Faith gratefully from Ruari 1999', original cloth in dust-jacket, slim 8vo, accompanied with an autograph letter signed, from Ruari McLean to Faith Shannon dated 1st September 1999 regarding the two volumes previously described, 'Dear Faith. I have been feeling very guilty at never having paid you for the work you did for me - because you never sent me a bill! So I'm sending you two little books which I hope you don't already possess - and will enjoy. If you possess either or both, send them back and I'll think of something else. I hope you are well. I am consulting the diaries you bound for me constantly on something else I am writing. My typographical autobiography is being held up by my American publisher while he's looking for an English co-publisher - which annoys me. Love from Ruari', and with McLean (Ruari), True to Type, 1st edition, New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & London: Werner Shaw, 2000, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, pencil signature of Faith Shannon to front free endpaper, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo (Qty: 4)