Gît le Coeur.

Lymington (Lord [Gerald Wallop])

Gît le Coeur.

Poems.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 180/200 COPIES printed in black and red on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper, a few tiny spots to page-borders, pp. [100], 8vo, original cream wrappers printed in red and black, these a little browned with some faint soiling and spotting, edges untrimmed and a little browned, contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf ('Tons of love, Vera, Christmas 1928'), good

Publication Details: Paris: Editions Narcisse (Black Sun Press), 1928

Notes: Scarce.The Anglo-American peer's first book: brought up in Wyoming, Gerald Wallop, the son of the 8th Earl of Portsmouth (a title to which he succeeded), attended Balliol College and became a Conservative MP the year after this book was published; he published a second book with the Crosbys in 1929, but subsequent work was in the form of agricultural tracts that evinced a developing tendency towards the far-right.

Bibliography: (Minkoff A-8)

Enquire about this book

Price: £225

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1928

Stock Number: 66519

(Your basket is currently empty)