Lot 166
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (Powys) Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry, one of 200 copies, the dedication copy, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (Powys) Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry, one of 120 copies on vellum-paper, from an edition limited to 200, the dedication copy with signed presentation inscription incorporating printed dedication "Written [For Annie Lou] by Bill. 1937", wood-engraved title and illustrations by John Buckland Wright, 6 additional plates and prospectus (on Japanese vellum) loosely inserted, some marking and abrasion to front free endpaper, original vellum-backed cloth, slight rubbing and fading to spine, corners a little rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
⁂ Dedicated to Annie Lou, the recipient of numerous love letters and erotic verses from the author between 1932 and his death in 1936. This copy with the six additional erotic plates, usually found in the edition of 80.
Description
Golden Cockerel Press.- Mathers (Powys) Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry, one of 120 copies on vellum-paper, from an edition limited to 200, the dedication copy with signed presentation inscription incorporating printed dedication "Written [For Annie Lou] by Bill. 1937", wood-engraved title and illustrations by John Buckland Wright, 6 additional plates and prospectus (on Japanese vellum) loosely inserted, some marking and abrasion to front free endpaper, original vellum-backed cloth, slight rubbing and fading to spine, corners a little rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
⁂ Dedicated to Annie Lou, the recipient of numerous love letters and erotic verses from the author between 1932 and his death in 1936. This copy with the six additional erotic plates, usually found in the edition of 80.
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