Early Poems
Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1987. First Limited Edition. Imperial 8vo, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (265 x 190 mm); 40 unnumbered pages; set in Bell type with title pruned in purples, Zerkall white wavy laid paper. Title page wood-endgraving by Miriam Macgregor. Quarter bound in lilac flax canvas, with pink spine label and pink Whittington printed paper-covered boards; dusky pink Ingres endpapers; top edge cut, rest deckled .
One of 200 copies printed, this being no. 158. Contains 26 poems and an introduction by R. P. Lister.
[Butcher 89].
A finely printed selection of early verse by Enid Bagnold, produced in the Whittington Press’s characteristic style, with careful attention to typography, materials, and color.
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981) was an English novelist, playwright, and memoirist best known for her novel National Velvet and the play The Chalk Garden. Associated with literary and artistic circles in London and Paris, she wrote with wit and independence across fiction, drama, journalism, and autobiography over a career spanning much of the twentieth century.
Condition: Fine.
Item number: 2387
Price: $75.00
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