Caprices: Poems by Theodore Wratislaw.
By WRATISLAW (THEODORE) [1871-1933]. Gleeson White (Joseph), designer.
London: Gay and Bird, 1893. Foolscap 8vo. First edition. [x],48,[2]pp. §Number 28 of an edition of 100 numbered copies on hand-made paper. (A further 25 copies were issued: identically bound, but printed on Japanese vellum). Krishnamurti 723. This being one of the copies with 'Paradox' and 'At Midnight' in place of the suppressed poems 'To a Sicilian Boy' and 'L'Eternal Feminin' (but their titles remain in list of contents). Original parchment, upper cover with decorative orange tulip design by Gleeson White, with later expert parchment reback (spine unlettered as the original). Touch of soiling to covers, and small patch of surface rubbing to lower edge of design. Free endpapers browned. Small dent to foot of title-page slightly below imprint, to right. Ink ownership initials of one D.G. (no doubt Dorian Gray) - dated 1905 - to front free endpaper. §A very good copy, expertly rebacked.
Published by: Gay and Bird, London, 1893
Vendor: JAMES HAWKES
By WRATISLAW (THEODORE) [1871-1933]. Gleeson White (Joseph), designer.
London: Gay and Bird, 1893. Foolscap 8vo. First edition. [x],48,[2]pp. §Number 28 of an edition of 100 numbered copies on hand-made paper. (A further 25 copies were issued: identically bound, but printed on Japanese vellum). Krishnamurti 723. This being one of the copies with 'Paradox' and 'At Midnight' in place of the suppressed poems 'To a Sicilian Boy' and 'L'Eternal Feminin' (but their titles remain in list of contents). Original parchment, upper cover with decorative orange tulip design by Gleeson White, with later expert parchment reback (spine unlettered as the original). Touch of soiling to covers, and small patch of surface rubbing to lower edge of design. Free endpapers browned. Small dent to foot of title-page slightly below imprint, to right. Ink ownership initials of one D.G. (no doubt Dorian Gray) - dated 1905 - to front free endpaper. §A very good copy, expertly rebacked.
Published by: Gay and Bird, London, 1893
Vendor: JAMES HAWKES
