Tragara Press
Large collection of limited editions, poetry and Edward Thomas interest
£1,103
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
all in original wrappers, and comprising:
1) A Third-Class Carriage by Edward Thomas, 1967. One of 40 copies;
2) A Remembered Harvest by Helen Thomas, 1970. One of 95 copies;
3) Helen Thomas. A Memory of W. H. Davies, 1973. 2 copies: one of 45 copies on Saunders hand-made paper, and one of 105 standard copies;
4) Edward Thomas. A Talk by Helen Thomas, 1974. One of 145 copies;
5) Reading out of Doors by Edward Thomas, 1978. One of 110 copies;
6) Autumn Thoughts by Edward Thomas, 1975. 2 copies: one of 90 copies, and 'one of ten special copies on Hodgkinson hand-made paper' in addition to the stated limitation, initialled by Alan Anderson;
7) Edward Thomas. A Selection of Letters to Edward Garnett, 1981. One of 175 copies;
8) The Fear of Death. Edward Thomas, 1982. 2 copies: one of 95 copies, and an unnumbered proof copy, initialled and dated by Alan Anderson, unbound;
9) A Sportsman's Tale by Edward Thomas, 1983. One of 125 copies; together with a set of corrected proofs, unbound;
10) Helen and Edward Thomas. A Handful of Letters, 1985. 2 copies: one of 35 on Amalfi paper, and one of 130 standard copies, together with an incomplete set of corrected proofs
11) Edward Thomas. Letters to America 1914-1917, 1989. One of 140 copies; together with a set of proofs, unbound;
12) In Time of Pestilence by Thomas Nashe, 1954. One of 15 copies, this copy inscribed by Alan Anderson;
13) Agamemnon's Tomb by Sacheverell Sitwell, 1972. 3 copies: one of 4 proof copies signed by the author; one of 85 copies on Batchelor hand-made paper signed by the author; and one of 180 standard copies;
14) Gabriel: A Poem by John Addington Symons, 1974. 2 copies: one of 10 copies on Barcham Green hand-made paper specially bound and lettered A-J, and an out-of-series copy from the edition of 140 standard copies;
15) Lifelines. Four Poems by Lawrence Durrell, 1974. One of 4 proof copies before the published edition of 115;
16) In Memoriam George Mathewson (1925-1973), 1975. One of 150 copies;
17) A. E. Housman. Fifteen Letters to Walter Ashburner, 1976. 2 copies, each one of 125;
18) The Poetry of William Barnes by Thomas Hardy, 1979. One of 95 copies;
19) Three Poems of Cavafy translated by Lawrence Durrell, 1980. 2 copies, each one of 95;
20) Paul Verlaine. A Memoir by Arthur Symons, 1980. 2 copies: one of 20 on Sheepstor hand-made paper, and one of 95 standard copies on Ingres d'Arches;
21) Lord Mount Prospect by John Betjeman, 1981. One of 95 copies;
22) From the Nineties. Some Translations of Baudelaire and Verlaine, 1982. 2 copies: one of 4 proof copies on Strathmore Art laid paper; and one of 95 standard copies;
23) Snake by D. H. Lawrence, 1984. Unnumbered proof copy before the edition of 12;
24) Stéphane Mallarmé. Poésies translated by Arthur Symons, 1986. 2 copies: one of 30 on Ingres d'Arches paper; one of 120 standard copies;
25) A Garland for Stephen Spender arranged by Barry Humphries, 1991. One of 150 copies;
26) Three Remanences by David Gascoyne, 1994. One of 85 copies, this copy inscribed on the title and signed on the limitation page by the author;
27) Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard by Thomas Gray. With Wood Engravings by Sister Margaret Tournour, [by the Tragara Press for] Black Cygnet Press, Durham, 2003. 3 copies, each one of 100; together with a set of proofs, unbound
Footnote
Note: The Tragara Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1953 by printer Alan Anderson (1922-2016) and operated until 1991.