Danae

Danae

£12,500
Author

T. Sturge Moore

Reference

1541

[3], iv-xlv, [3]. Publisher's full vellum with five leather thongs and stiches to ends, smooth back, spine in six panels, divided by gilt rules, title and author in gilt to first panel. Externally bright and clean. Internally signature b is lightly browned, occasional light browing elsewhere, generally fairly clean. With three full page woodcut illustrations by Ricketts, printed in red and black throughout. One of only ten copies on vellum (with two hundred and forty on paper), this being Laurence Hodson's copy, with his book label to front pastedown. Moore's poem was first published in 'The Dial' in 1893, and here published separately for the first time. Watry, B43

Year

1903

Condition

Good+

Edition

First Edition

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