Cursory Rhymes *signed by author*

Wolfe, Humbert

Edité par Ernest Benn, 1927

A propos de cet article

HARDBACK "AUTHOR SIGNED LIMITED EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1927* Publisher: Ernest Benn Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound. Cream cloth spine strip on beige paper covered boards, red title to white spine label. No bumps or rubs, edges and spine somewhat aged. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. Clear plastic wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. One of 500 copies on Van Gelder paper, signed by Wolfe on t.p. verso. Top edge gilt. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, slight offsetting to end papers, no marks to text, rough cut edges aged & dusty. Spare spine label tipped in to rear pastedown. VG* Illustrations: Several b/w line drawings within text by Albert Rutherston.* Pages: 129 pp. text.* Description: Humbert Wolfe was born in Milan, Italy, in 1885. When he was a child his family moved to Bradford. After gaining a first at Oxford University he worked for the Civil Service. Wolfe began publishing poetry in the 1920s and his Requiem (1927) on the First World War was highly acclaimed. . Humbert Wolfe died in 1940. Cursory Rhymes is a collection of short verses of interest to children - about dolls and kings and queens and such - and about famous children's authors such as Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen and many others.* A VG, copy with some ageing. Distressed clear plastic wrapper in place of a dust jacket.* 1927-01-01.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Cursory Rhymes *signed by author*
• Éditeur: Ernest Benn
• Date de parution: 1927
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: y First Thus 1st. Imp.
• État de l'article: VG/VG/ND
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Poems
  • Anthology