Frederic Prokosch's copy
YEATS, W.B.
Leda and the Swan.
Florence, Privately printed by Frederic Prokosch, Christmas 1935.
According to Barker the imprint is genuine with regard to date and place, identified as being from Group VII (printed in Florence). Having returned to Cambridge as a research student at King's in 1937, Prokosch travelled to Florence, there finding the means to publish Leda and the Swan, with an abundance of decorated papers close at hand. Barker and Wade both state that, on account of his father's death, Prokosch had to abandon binding the entire edition at the time of printing, and the sheets and covers remained in Florence until his next visit, which would not be until 1948. Copies dated both 1935 and 1937 appear in Barker and exist institutionally.
First edition, sole printing, Prokosch's own copy with his signed bookplate, number one of 5 copies on Sicily paper, from a total edition of 22, signed & numbered on the colophon; single quire (16.5 x 11.6 cm); original hand-coloured drawing by Frederic Prokosch, signed in pencil and mounted as frontispiece, light spotting to prelims; original Italian printed pattern paper wrappers with blue and orange birds and beasts (Giannini 2055), Ingres label to upper cover, with Prokosch's manuscript 'Bibliographical Note' on blue paper; a fine copy, preserved in marbled folding case (repaired) and quarter morocco slipcase.
Barker 48; Wade 185.
Stock code 106538
DELIVERY & RETURNS
We accept returns within 30 days of purchase. Please note that all items must be returned in their original condition, including all tags and packaging. Shipping costs are non-refundable.
Leda and the Swan.
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography.
1928.
A signed, limited edition copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, declared Orlando to be 'the longest love letter in literature', 1928
£6,500.00
WOOLF, Virginia; STRACHEY, Lytton.
Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey Letters.
1956.
A handsome first edition of Virginia Woolf anf Lytton Strachey Letters, Edited by Leonard Woolf and James Strachey.
£225.00
PLATH, Sylvia.
Two Uncollected Poems.
1980.
A limited edition copy of The Uncollected Poems by Sylvia Plath.
£325.00
