THE DOLPHIN: A periodical for all people who find pleasure in fine books. Number 4, Parts I-III.
Three volumes, totalling over 350 pages (including advertisements), with numerous text illustrations (a couple full page); tall demy 4to; matching green buckram, lettered and decorated in navy, edges a trifle rubbed, a couple of corners faintly bruised; The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940-41. LEC Bibliography S-5. *The final three volumes of this periodical. Part I is in the superior binding, with the stiff paper wrappers bound in as well. (According to the bibliography, only 500 copies of the first part of Number 4 were cloth bound). Contributors include John T. Winterich, Holbrook Jackson, Carl Purington Rollins, Peter Beilenson, Merle Armitage, Ward Ritchie, amongst others. Also included are the three instalments of the series of The Dolphin's Short Story Classics: Poe's The Purloined Letter; Hawthorne's The Ambitious Guest; and Jean-ah Poquelin, by George W. Cable. An unused subscription form is loosely inserted in Part I. Item #137059
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