1ST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY IN CARD COVERS TO FIONA MACCARTHY (AUTHOR) . FINE CONDITION. POEMS BY CHRISTOPHER REID.INSCRIPTION IN RED CRAYON. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.
FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. BOUND IN GREY BOARDS WITH SLIPCASE. PRINTED BY M MARDERSTEIG ON RAG PAPER BY STAMPERIA VALONEGA. A VERY GOOD COPY SCARCE IN THE UK.
FIRST EDITION FULL GREEN LEATHER GILT DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS. SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD COPY IN A HANDSOME BINDING.
VERY GOOD COPY IN RED LEATHER MARBLED END PAPERS AND GILT PAGE EDGES. A COLLETION INCLUDING A GREAT NUMBER OF THE CHOICEST LYRICS AND SHORT POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
FIRST EDITION REBOUND IN RECENT ATTRACTIVE MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. TITLE PAGE49 pp. THE ATTACK ON THOMAS WHARTON’S HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. THE TONE OF HIS OBSERVATIONS IN WHICH WHARTON IS TREATED AS A PRETENDER IS CHARGED WITH CHEATING AND LYING TO COVER HIS IGNORANCE CAUSED A SENSATION IN LITERARY CIRCLES. RITSON WAS SAID TO HAVE DESTROYED MANY COPIES AFTER HE REPENTED HIS ATTACK HENCE VERY SCARE.
FULL LEATHER 18mo (6 BY 3.75 INCHES) 182 PAGES COVEERS THE FIRST SIXTH BOOKS INTERIOR VERY GOOD WEAKNESS TO JOINTS OF BOARDS AND SPINE WITH FRONT BOARD ALMOST DETACHED.
MINT COPY IN QUARTER LEATHER WITH JAPANESE SIDES AND ENDPAPERS BY GEORGE PERCIVAL WITH VERY GOOD SLIP CASE. TEG. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY A BENEDICTINE OF STANBROOK. LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS No. 314. TITLES AND DEVICES BY MARGARET ADAMS.