Sylvia Townsend Warner; I. R. Hodgkins (illus.)
Elinor Barley, 1930
London: Cresset Press
One of thirty copies, signed by Warner.
2701
Small quarto. vii, 107pp + 5 loose plates. Barley's scandalous story of wifely dissatisfaction, crime, punishment, and murder receives drypoints throughout by Hodgkins, including frontispiece and title page. As with...
Small quarto. vii, 107pp + 5 loose plates. Barley's scandalous story of wifely dissatisfaction, crime, punishment, and murder receives drypoints throughout by Hodgkins, including frontispiece and title page. As with the deluxe edition, loose leaves are held in four-flap portfolio affixed to rear board. Printed on handmade paper. Bound in full vellum over boards with Hodgkins's design to front cover and slightly toned spine with titling in gilt. A fine edition, and a near fine copy thereof, by a fine London press. Housed in slipcase.
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