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Price: US$548.93 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Text set in Caslon. One of 25 (375) special copies printed on Arches cream mould-made paper, bound in full vellum, gilt, marbled endpapers, with a loosely inserted proof of the frontispiece signed by the artist. Lacks slipcase, otherwise a fine copy. Signed upon the colophon by R. George Thomas, Myfanwy Thomas and Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Royal 8vo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (250 x 155mm); pp. viii +28 + colophon. Two small wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn on page preceding title page and at colophon. Copy XIV of XXV, NUMBERED AND SIGNED on the colophon page by Mayfanwy Thomas, R. George Thomas and H. Weissenborn. Hand set in 14-point Caslon, printed in black and brown, on Arches cream wove paper. Smith Settle binding in full limp vellum, gilt spine titling, t.e.g.; Whittington marbled endpapers and matching slipcase. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [Butcher 53]. First appearing circa 1911 in a little-known magazine called "Orpheus," "The Chessplayer" describes a recurring, haunting dream using vivid language and Blake-like imagery. The two other essays, 'The Listener' and 'Penderyn' were hitherto unpublished. Philip Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) was a British poet, essayist, and novelist. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917. He is commemorated in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$633.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. (28)pp. One of twenty-five copies bound in vellum. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Signed by the artist, R. George Thomas (writer of the introduction and editor of the author's letters and poems), and Myfanwy Thomas (the author's daughter). First appearing circa 1911 in a little-known magazine called "Orpheus," "The Chessplayer" describes a recurring, haunting dream using vivid language and Blake-like imagery. With red and black marbled endpapers which match the slipcase. Slight bowing to the vellum, else fine.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.