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Graves, Robert (1895-1985). WELCHMAN'S HOSE. The Fleuron, London, 1925.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wood Engravings by Paul Nash. London: The Fleuron, 1925. First edition, limited to 525 copies printed at the Curwen Press. An early collection of verse, illustrated by British surrealist painter and war artist Paul Nash (1889-1946). Small octavo. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. Typical mild toning to the contents. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Light fading and wear along the extremities of the boards; otherwise very good in a clear acetate dust wrapper.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Welchman's Hose. The Fleuron, London, 1925.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition. One of 525 copies, 500 for sale. Printed at The Curwen Press London, published by The Fleuron London 1925, on Italian mould-made paper. The black and white pattern paper covered boards is from a Paul Nash wood engraving. The five wood engravings by Nash were commissioned by the Fleuron to illustrate this collection of poems by Robert Graves. A fine copy in glassine type Dust Jacket.
Seller: Lott Rare Books, Banstead, SRY, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, limited to 525 copies printed at the Curwen Press. Slim 8vo. 61pp. Cloth-backed patterned boards featuring a magnificent Paul Nash design. A hint of tanning to the leaf margins. A super copy of a beautifully produced volume of eighteen poems accompanied by a title page design and six delightful wood-engraved decorations. No dust wrapper called for, but missing the original unprinted glassine protector, but with a fresh sheet supplied. A possibly spurious pencilled notation to the front free endpaper reads "Curwen File (For Mr P.Nash)". Higginson A16 / Postan W68-W73.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
GRAVES, Robert.. Welchman's Hose.. The Fleuron, London., 1925.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp x, 61. One of only 525 copies. Title-page and six other wood engravings, two of them full-page, by Paul Nash. Cloth-backed patterned paper boards, also designed by Nash. Printed at the Curwen Press.Fine in the original plain tissue wrapper chipped at head and tail of spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom