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Stock Code 106649
Bryn Mawr, Privately printed by Frederic Prokosch, 1933
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Frederic Prokosch's copy. One of Prokosch's 'Butterfly Books'. An inscription by Prokosch refers to a 'letter from the author enclosed', which is not present.
Perhaps was first printed in New Statesman and Nation, VI, 141 on 4 November 1933, and reprinted in Poems, second edition (Faber 1934) and Collected Poems (Faber 1955).
First edition thus, one of 2 copies on Imperial vellum numbered xx, from a total edition of 22, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, also signed by him on the colophon; 12mo; original hand-coloured illustration by Frederic Prokosch signed by him in pencil and mounted as frontispiece; original patterned light brown wrappers, gilt label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper, preserved in blue marbled folding case and quarter morocco slipcase. A fine example.
Perhaps was first printed in New Statesman and Nation, VI, 141 on 4 November 1933, and reprinted in Poems, second edition (Faber 1934) and Collected Poems (Faber 1955).
First edition thus, one of 2 copies on Imperial vellum numbered xx, from a total edition of 22, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, also signed by him on the colophon; 12mo; original hand-coloured illustration by Frederic Prokosch signed by him in pencil and mounted as frontispiece; original patterned light brown wrappers, gilt label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper, preserved in blue marbled folding case and quarter morocco slipcase. A fine example.
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