[Christmas cards] /
Sharp, Hugh Frederick Bower,1897?-1937.
Scaramanga, G. J.
Sharp, Elizabeth,1910-1948.
Shephard, Ernest H.,1879-1976.
National Library of Scotland.Hugh Sharp Collection.
1930-1938.
Gilt-tooled leather folder containing seven Christmas cards from Hugh Sharp to John Scaramanga, dated 1930-1935 and 1937. The cards all have different cover titles and are illustrated with facsimile reproductions from books in Hugh Sharp's collection. Each card bears the printed message on p. [2] "From Hugh Sharp with best wishes. Hill of Tarvit, Cupar - Fife". Produced in a limited edition of 50 copies each, printed by Pillans and Wilson of Edinburgh.
Also includes a newspaper cutting on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice through the looking glass, dated Sept. 17, 1977 from "The globe and mail" ; and, a letter from Elizabeth Sharp dated 27 August 1938, together with an example of the bookplate specially designed by Ernest H. Shephard for the Hugh Sharp Collection at the National Library of Scotland.
National Library of Scotland.