PALE BLUE NIGHTGOWN.
Pp. [28](including 2 blank interleaves); med. 8vo; half dark blue vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, pale blue platted manilla papered boards, the spine quite faded, cloth lightly foxed, the leather slightly rubbed or grazed at a couple of points; t.e.g., others uncut; Corvinus Press, London, 1936. One of 60 copies on Portal 'Whitechurch' paper (of a total edition of 64), numbered and signed by the author. Ridler 6.*Named after the Hungarian bibliophile Matthias Corvinus, the Corvinus Press was founded by Viscount Carlow (1907\endash 1944) in 1936. Carlow was a friend of many of the leading literary figures of the time and published new work by T. E. Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Edmund Blunden, Stefan Zweig, Walter de la Mare and H. E. Bates. He was killed in action during the Second World War, and the Corvinus Press equipment was acquired by Lord Kemsley, who established the Dropmore Press in 1945. Item #135546
Price: $2,000.00