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Condition: Fine
Description: One of 300 copies. 8vo. xiii, [i], 120 pp. [1] leaf (colophon). A very fine copy. Ransom 11. L-589
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: JOHN DRINKWATER'S COPY. 1 vol., 9-1/4" x 6-5/8", limited to 300 paper copies, with the leather bookplate of John Drinkwater to the front pastedown additionally signed and dated 1919 by him to the top edge of the front blank endleaf, bound in full limp vellum, vertical gilt lettered spine, by the Doves Bindery, stamped along the lower edge of rear pastedown, internally clean and bright, covers straight and true, hinges fine, housed in a blue cloth slipcase, A FRESH BRIGHT AND STRAIGHT COPY. John Drinkwater (June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War I as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After World War I, he achieved fame as a playwright and became closely associated with Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1187.50 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 300 copies, small 4to, pp. [iii]-xiii, [1], 120, [2]; full original limp vellum; spine a little darkened, else fine. In a beige cloth slipcase. Essay I. The roots of honor; II: The veins of wealth; III: Qui judicatis terram; IV: Ad valorem - all of which had previously appeared in the Cornhill magazine where they "were reprobated in a violent manner . by most of the readers they met with. Not a whit the less, I believe them to be the best, that is to say, the truest, rightest-worded, & most serviceable things I have ever written; and the last of them, having had especial pains spent on it, is probably the best I shall ever write" (Ruskin's Preface). Tidcombe 11.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.