Lot 186

Moore (Thomas Sturge) The Little School, one of 175 copies on paper, original green and yellow daffodil patterned-paper boards, rebacked in grey-green suede by Lester Capon, Eragny Press, 1905 & others, Moore, 8vo (18)

 

Hammer Price: £550

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Moore (Thomas Sturge) The Little School, a Posy of Rhymes, one of 175 copies on paper, woodcut title-vignette, 2 head-pieces & tail-piece by the author, initials by Lucien Pissarro, original green and yellow daffodil patterned-paper boards, rebacked in grey-green suede by Lester Capon and with gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, uncut, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with morocco label on spine, Eragny Press, 1905; The Vinedresser and other poems, first edition, first issue, author's first book, original cloth, 1899; The Centaur's Booty, signed by the author on front pastedown, original linen, spine browned, 1903; Hark to These Three Talk About Style, signed presentation copy from the author, original pictorial wrappers, 1915; Judas, signed and inscribed by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1923 § Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (J.M.) Axel, preface by W.B.Yeats, one of 500 copies, illustrations, A.L.s. from T.Sturge Moore to F.S.Salter loosely inserted, original pictorial white buckram, gilt, designed by Moore, very slightly soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, 1925; and 12 others, Moore, some in bindings designed by him, 8vo (18)

⁂ The first is a charming book dedicated to the bookbinder Sybil Pye "the mistress of the little school, who wished these poems made for, and brought them home to children...". Loosely inserted is a letter from Lester Capon explaining his repair and an extra piece of the daffodil paper which he found underneath the paper on the rear board. It is clear that the paper was made specially for the binding as the decorative edge forms the turn-ins on the pastedown.

Description

Moore (Thomas Sturge) The Little School, a Posy of Rhymes, one of 175 copies on paper, woodcut title-vignette, 2 head-pieces & tail-piece by the author, initials by Lucien Pissarro, original green and yellow daffodil patterned-paper boards, rebacked in grey-green suede by Lester Capon and with gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, uncut, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with morocco label on spine, Eragny Press, 1905; The Vinedresser and other poems, first edition, first issue, author's first book, original cloth, 1899; The Centaur's Booty, signed by the author on front pastedown, original linen, spine browned, 1903; Hark to These Three Talk About Style, signed presentation copy from the author, original pictorial wrappers, 1915; Judas, signed and inscribed by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1923 § Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (J.M.) Axel, preface by W.B.Yeats, one of 500 copies, illustrations, A.L.s. from T.Sturge Moore to F.S.Salter loosely inserted, original pictorial white buckram, gilt, designed by Moore, very slightly soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, 1925; and 12 others, Moore, some in bindings designed by him, 8vo (18)

⁂ The first is a charming book dedicated to the bookbinder Sybil Pye "the mistress of the little school, who wished these poems made for, and brought them home to children...". Loosely inserted is a letter from Lester Capon explaining his repair and an extra piece of the daffodil paper which he found underneath the paper on the rear board. It is clear that the paper was made specially for the binding as the decorative edge forms the turn-ins on the pastedown.

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