NEWBOLT (Sir Henry). The Linnet's Nest: [a poem]. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927.

Price: US$45.09 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Wrappers. Edition limited to 27 copies, 12 only for sale. "O what has wrought again the miracle of Spring?" First American edition of the second Ariel Poem, printed for copyright purposes. Faber & Gwyer's series of pamphlet poems (38 were published between 1927 and 1931) married poet and artist - Ariel Poem no. 1 was Thomas Hardy's Yuletide in a Younger World with drawings by Albert Rutherston; Ariel Poem no. 3, Laurence Binyon's The Wonder Night with drawings by Barnett Freedman. The Linnet's Nest used drawings by Ralph Keene (though it was first proofed with the wood-engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton used for Ariel Poem no. 4, Walter de la Mare's Alone). William Edwin Rudge's clean-limbed production went unillustrated.

Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom

HARDY, Thomas. Yuletide in a Younger World. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927.

Price: US$257.65 + shipping

Description: First American edition, one of 27 copies, 8vo, (6) pp. Printed paper wrappers, an excellent copy. Purdy p.250. Originally published in the Ariel poems series, this edition was published to secure the American copyright, of which only 12 copies were for sale.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

HARDY, Thomas. Yuletide in a Younger World. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1927.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American edition, copyright issue. Limited to 27 copies of which: "twelve copies only for sale." 12mo. Printed wrappers, stapled. A bright, fine copy. *Purdy* p. 250.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Hardy, Thomas. Yuletide in a Younger World. William Edwin Rudge, [Mount Vernon],New York, 1927.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First American edition, One of 27 copies with only 12 copies for sale presumably done for copyright reasons for the Ariel Poems Series. [8] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Purdy p. 250 First American edition, One of 27 copies with only 12 copies for sale presumably done for copyright reasons for the Ariel Poems Series.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

HARDY, Thomas.. Yuletide in a Younger World.. New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1927., 1927.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. American copyright issue. Small thin 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Very good. 8 pages. Scarce. Limited to 27 copies (of which only 12 were for sale); Purdy, p.250.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.