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Price: US$176.00 + shipping
Description: One of 250 copies issued by Caroline Newton as a Christmas keepsake for friends of her father, A. Edward Newton. In original mailing envelope with Caroline Newton's printed return address, postmarked Philadelphia, 1941, and hand-addressed to bibliographer and collector of rare materials on Lewis Carroll Flodden W. Heron in San Francisco. Crown 8vo (185 x 124mm): [16]pp. Stitched with blue cord in original French blue stiff paper wrappers printed in black. A Fine copy, virtually pristine. Bloomfield A25. The three poems were published originally in Harper's Bazaar, December, 1941. They are: "In a garden shady this holy lady . . . ," "I cannot grow . . . ," and "O ear whose creatures cannot wish to fall . . . " N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W. H.. Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day. , 1941.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Description: AUDEN, W. H. Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day. [N.p.], 1941. [16] leaves. Blue printed wrappers. Caroline Newton's Blake bookplate inside front wrapper. A fine copy. One of 250 copies privately printed by Caroline Newton as a Christmas greeting (and in the same style as her father's Christmas greetings). This copy contains a warm presentation inscription by Miss Newton dated 1968. Bloomfield & Mendelson A26.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.