Modern Books and Manuscripts
A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Loan Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts held by the First Edition Club, 1922. ()
One of 500 copies, this copy out of series. 8vo., title printed in black and red, spine-label lacking, original quarter canvas over brown boards, red printed label on upper cover with a spare tipped in at the end of the volume, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Privately Printed for The First Edition Club. [1922].
"All the items in this Exhibition - intended as the first of an annual series - have been lent by or through Members of the Club ... The special thanks of the Club are due to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cohen, whose kindness in lending their house has made this first Exhibition possible, to Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr. John Galsworthy for permission to include reproductions of manuscripts and to the members who have lent their possessions for others to see" (prefatory note by A.J.A. Symons).
Stock Code: MO25019
