Douglas, Norman
Collection of works
£454
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including: In the Beginning, privately printed, 1927, one of 700 copies signed by the author, original patterned boards, largely unopened, paper lifting on spine; Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology, privately printed, 1927, one of 500 copies signed by the author, this copy additionally with a typed letter signed by the author, original boards, covers discoloured, wear to corners; How About Europe?, privately printed, 1929, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original patterned boards, dust jacket (chipped, tape-repair to rear panel); One Day, The Hours Press, 1929, 2 copies, each one of 200 (including the tête-de-tirage, copy number 1, binding rubbed and marked, foot of spine chipped); London Street Games, 1916, first edition, original cloth, together with:
Hogarth Press. Collection of works, including: Joan Adeney Easdale, Amber Innocent, 1939 (first edition, original cloth, dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell); Virginia Woolf, A Letter to a Young Poet, 1932 (first edition, original wrappers; and 5 further pamphlets;
Housman, A. E. A Shropshire Lad. London: Riccardi Press, 1914. One of 1000 copies, 4to, original cloth-backed boards (discoloured);
Idem. More Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. Out-of-series copy from the edition of 379, 8vo, original orange quarter morocco, spotting to front;
and 3 others
Footnote
Provenance: Property of an English collector.