FARRAGO. June 1930. Number Two.

(Farrago.) BURRA (Peter, editor)

Edité par Simon Nowell Smith, 1930

A propos de cet article

frontispiece portrait, 5 wood-engravings, a few spots, particularly through initial ads, pp. [iv, ads, contents], [ii, frontispiece], 69-132, [iv, ads], 8vo, original printed wrappers, cover printed in black with vignette of coterie of deep sea creatures (lobsters, squid etc.) flanked by two winged angels, ownership inscription, 'Elizabeth Bevan', repeated at head of first ad, edges slightly toned, a few spots, good. A student production, featuring a plethora of writing and illustrating talent, which ran from 1930 to 1931, while editor and publisher were up at Oxford, Burra at Christ Church, Nowell Smith at New College. This issue includes contributions from Evelyn Waugh, Cecil Day Lewis, Jelly d'Arányi (on violin playing), and a footnote from John Sparrow, a reproduction of a Rutherston gouache drawing, and wood engravings by Eric Ravilious, Phyllis Castle and Freda Tremlett.

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• Titre: FARRAGO. June 1930. Number Two.
• Éditeur: Simon Nowell Smith
• Date de parution: 1930
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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