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. The Open Window; The First Volume. Locke Ellis, London, 1910.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, [376], iv; original linen-backed boards; t.e.g. Bound issue of the first dozen numbers of this short-lived illustrated monthly with contributions by James Stephen Katherine Mansfield, Hugh de Selincourt, Frank Swinnerton and many others; art work by Jack Yeats, Yone Noguchi, Noel Rooke, John Sloane and others. Mansfield's "A Fairy Story" appears in number three and was not subsequently reprinted. A bit shelf worn, short tear at the top of the spine
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$966.20 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A 2 Vols. set first published by Locke Ellis, London in 1910, and 1910-1911. Both BOOKS are in near Fine condition. Bound in full blue buckram, with vellum spines lettered in gilt. The spines are remarkably clean. Top edge gilt with other edges uncut and lightly toned. Some offsetting and spotting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Very small 'Times Book Club ' stickers to the lower rear pastedowns.The WRAPPERS are complete and are in Very Good++ or better condition with just a little loss and rubbing at the spine tips. Some toning to the spine and the edges of the covers and flap folds. The cover artwork by Maxwell Armfield looks very striking in the removable brodart archival covers. Each volume contains six issues of the periodical. There were only twelve issues of this periodical in total. Literary contributors include: Edward Thomas, Stephen Reynolds, Robin Flower, Hugh de Selincourt, James Stephens, F. Tennyson Jesse, Gilbert Cannan, Frank Swinnerton, E.M. Forster, George Bourne, Katherine Mansfield, Herbert Trench, Keith Henderson, Beryl de Zoete, Maxwell Armfield, Douglas Goldring, W.H. Davies, Geoffrey Whitworth, Lord Dunsany, John Drinkwater, Walter de la Mare and Vivian Locke Ellis (who presumably was the editor and publisher). Artwork by: Keith Henderson, C.J. Holmes, Maxwell Armfield, C.M. Gere, Jack B. Yeats, Claude Shepperson, Norman Wilkinson, Auguste Rodin, Muirhead Bone, John Sloane, Gwen Raverat (under the name of Gwendolen Darwin) etc. Volume one includes Katherine Mansfield's 'A Fairy Story' (December 1910, printed when she was 22) - thus antedating by six months her first formal appearance in book form,''In a German Pension'.). The story is attributed to 'Katherina Mansfield' in the periodical. A scarce set on their own right but more-so with their wrappers in such collectible condition. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$1080.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrations by Maxwell Armfield, Keith Henderson, C. J. Holmes, C. M. Gere, Jack B. Yearts, Auguste Rodin, Muirhead Bone, John Sloan, Gwen Raverat and others. A complete collection of the twelve issues of this periodical. Contributors include James Stephens, Edward Thoma, Douglas Goldring, John Drinkwater, Walter de la Mare, Maxwell Armfield, Lord Donsany, George Bourne, E.M. Forster, F. Tennyson Jesse and others. Katherine Mansfield's "A Fairy Story" appears in the first volume, predating publication of her first book. Wrappers are in very good condition. Protected by a cloth folder and all contained in a slipcase with a gilt stamped leather spine.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.