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THE CHAPBOOK. Harold MONRO. 1919-1925.
Contains first printings of poems, articles, criticism & illustrations by a considerable number of No.table authors & artists, including T S Eliot, D H Lawrence, A Huxley, F M Hueffer, R Frost, C Aiken, T Hardy, R Graves, E Pound, Wyndham Lewis,
W de la Mare, M Moore, E E Cummings, R Aldington, E Farjeon, A Derain, Edward Gordon Craig, P Colum, S Sassoon, O'Flaherty, C Lovat Fraser, J Nash, D Jones, E White, H.D, etc.
No..1-40 . All published. The vast majority, of this fragile, wrappered, publication, are in very good condition although four or five have darkened edges. No.s 4 & 10 are lightly frayed. All published in original wraps & boards as issued. Prospectus for the first number & proposed details of the issues for 1929, laid in. £750.00
No..1-40 . All published. No.s 1-38 bound in 3 red buckram volumes
with original wraps bound in.
No.s 39 & 40 in boards as issued. Very good.. £700.00
The CHAPBOOK issues in original wraps as published.
The wraps frequently overlap the actual contents & do tend to
be creased, sometimes a little frayed & often a
little dusty - but any major defects have been No.ted.
No..1. July 1919. 23 New Poems by Contemporary Poets who include H Read, W De La Mare, O & S Sitwell, S Sassoon, D H Lawrence , F S Flint, W J Turner, H Monro, T Sturge Moore, R Nichols, R Macaulay, F Manning, D Goldring, W H Davies, R Aldington, C Mew, etc. £30.00
No. 2. Aug 1919. A Rutherston - Decoration in the Theatre. £20.00
No. 3. Sept 1919. Poems newly decorated by C Lovat Fraser. (T E Brown, W
Allingham, M Drayton, etc.) Original wraps a little dusty. £18.00
No. 6. Dec 1919. Four Songs - by Walter de la Mare.
Edges & covers dust soiled. £16.00
No. 7. Jan 1920. New Poems by Contemporary Poets. (M Webb, G Elton, C Colleer, A Wickham, H H Abbott, etc.) £18.00
No. 8. Feb 1920. Modern Prose Literature. A Critical Survey by A Waugh, W L George & D Goldring, etc. Original wraps browned. £20.00
No. 10. April 1920. A Third Collection of New Poems by Mary Webster, A E Coppard, J Redwood Anderson, etc. £18.00
No. 13. July 1920. 13 New poems by Contemporary Poets who include W W Gibson, E Muir, T Sturge Moore, C S Sheppard, A Monro, E St. Vincent Millay, P Chalmers, Shane Leslie, R Aldington, J Freeman, E Sitwell & F Madox Hueffer, etc.) Original wraps little frayed. Contents very good. £22.00
No. 14. Aug 1920. Aria Da Capo, a play in one Act by E St. V Millay, her first published play. An uncommon issue. £40.00
No. 15. Sept 1920. Old Broadside Ballads, collected & edited with reproductions in facsimile, cover & introduction by C Lovat Fraser. £20.00
No. 16. Oct 1920. Sixteen New Poems by Contemporary Poets. £20.00
No. 18. Dec 1920. Three Songs by J Masefield, W De La Mare & F Lewidge with music by M Davidson, S Gordon & Ivor Gurney.£20.00
No. 20. Feb 1921. Puppets & Poets by E Gordon Craig. Dusty. £22.00
No. 21. March 1921. A House-a Modern Morality Play by Ford Madox Hueffer. £40.00
No. 22. April 1922. Prose in Poetry-Three essays by T S Eliot, F Manning & R Aldington. £30.00
No. 23. May 1921. (9 Poems by Contemporary Poets:- E Rickword, J Redwood Anderson, A E Coppard, O Williams, M Bodenheim, etc.) £25.00
No. 24. June 1921. A List of 101 Commendable Plays compiled by the British Drama League. (L Housman, J Drinkwater, M Baring, Dunsany, C Bax, A Bennett, Lady Gregory, R Bridges, Granville Barker, G Bottomley, H Brighouse, G Calderon, H Chapin, G K Chesterton, P Claudel, etc.) £20.00
No. 26. May 1922. Seventeen New Poems by Contemporary Poets:- S Sitwell, J G Fletcher, Editor, J Arden, etc. Dusty. £15.00
No. 27. July 1922. Three Questions & 27 Answers regarding the necessity, the function & the form of Poetry by L Binyon, M Armstrong, C Bax, W H Davies, T S Eliot, J G Fletcher, F S Flint, J freeman, R Graves, G Gould, F M Hueffer, Holbrook Jackson, F Sidgwick, Sherard Vines, Arthur Waugh, A Wickham, H Wolfe, etc. £25.00
No. 28. Aug 1922. New poems by Contemporary poets:- H Wolfe, R J Anderson, L A G Strong, E Talbot, etc. Spine of original wraps rebound otherwise very good. £20.00
No. 30. Oct 1922. 20 New Poems by Contemporay Poets:-H Wolfe, J Macleod, L A Pavey, M Drew, etc. Cover design by C Lovat Fraser. £20.00
No. 31. No.v 1922. Prose & Verse Miscellany. Three poems by S Yesienin translated from the Russian by G Shelley; Gordon Craig-On Stage Lighting; other articles by E & G Johnston, C Vildrac,etc. Cover design by A Rutherston. Edges of wraps a little browned otherwise very good. £20.00
No. 33. Jan 1923. A Survey of Literature by Monro. Poems by H Trench, A E Coppard, T Bosquet, L A G Strong, C Mew, H Read, etc. Cover design by E White.. £22.00
No. 34. Feb 1923. Ham & Eggs by L Abercrombie. 2 stories by H Wolfe & No.tes for a study of the Waste Land by H Monro. Cover design by A Rutherston. £25.00
No. 35. March 1923. Poems by A Wickham, R Aldington, S Sitwell, R Graves, S Miles, I Barry, T Hardy, etc. Woodcut by Gordon Craig & cover design by P Nash. Neat library stamp on frontcover otherwise very good. £20.00
No. 36. April 1923. New American Poems by A Kremborg, R Frost, W Bynner, W Carlos Williams, B Deutsch, J G Fletcher, C Aiken, Wallace Stevens, E Millay, L Untermeyer,etc. Cover design by E McKnight Kauffer. Neat library stamp on front cover otherwise very good. £20.00
No. 37. May 1923. Mister Bosphorus, scene 1 by Ford Madox Ford; Poems by E Sitwell, T Sturge Moore, W H Davies, etc. Pencil drawing by Picasso. £35.00
No. 38. June 1923. Poems by W De La Mare, A Wickham, M Cowley, H Wolfe, S & O Sitwell, P Colum, E Farjeon, R Aldington, T S Eliot, F Cornford, J G Fletcher, S Miles.etc. Illustrations by John Nash, E Daglish, E McKnight. Translations by A Waley; stories by F Langer & H Wolfe. £20.00
No. 38. June 1923. Large paper Edition limited to 50 copies signed by the Editor. Upper spine of original paper cover defective otherwise very good copy. The limitation statement itself written entirely by Monro.) £60.00
No. 39. 1924. Stories/articles by O Sitwell, H Wolfe, E Farjeon, R Aldington, etc. Poems by S Sitwell, P Colum, H Monro, A Wickham, E Farjoen, T S Elito, C Doyle, F Cornford, J G Fletcher, H Monro, S Miles, A Wickham, etc. Illustrations J & h Nash, TIDaglish, E MacKnight Kauffer, etc. Original publisher's boards in very good codition. £25.00
No. 39. 1924. Large paper edition. Tip of spine damaged being far better than the usual complete loss. £25.00
No. 39. 1924. Large paper edition lacking the covers. £15.00
No. 40. 1925. Articles by L Woolf, O Sitwell, R Aldington, Wyndham Lewis, A Huxley, S Sitwell, etc.
Stories by L O'Flaherty & H Read. Poems by P Quennell, C Aiken, C P Cavafy, J G Fletcher, J Cocteau, T Sturge Moore, S Sassoon, H Monro, P Colum, R Graves, A Brown, F R Higgins, S Gibbons, W M Letts, D Garman, etc. Play by H D. Illustrations by A Derain, P Nash, David Jones, E White, G Bissil, C Le Breton, J Nash, B Hughes-Stanton, Wyndham Lewis, E McKnight Kauffer, W Roberts, E Daglish, G Craig, A Ruthenston, etc. Original publisher's boards rebacked. Neat initials on front end paper. Contents vey good. £30.00
THE CHAPBOOK. (A Monthly Miscellany)
Numbers One to Twelve. July 1919-June 1920.
Comprising the first two portfolios complete with the publisher's contents page & full general index. Apart from a small unabtrusive library stamp all issues are in fine unmarked condition with both front & rear wraps, which are slightly trimmed, bound in. £200.00
Poetry Bookshop ephemera.
Folded leaflet 10 x 36 cms advertising Readings of Poetry, Poetry Bookshop publications, Poetry Bookshop publications. Printed on one side & dated June 1919.
Postcard with Poetry Bookshop address on one side and list of publications with space for ordering on verse. £15.00
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