Shorter Poems. [Books I-V].

(Daniel Press.) BRIDGES (Robert)

Shorter Poems. [Books I-V].

Description: FIRST EDITION, CVIII/150 COPIES printed on Van Gelder handmade paper using english black letter, a few occasional small spots, pastedown with spotted bookplate of Horace N. Pym featuring engraving of his home, Foxwold, pp. [viii], 37, [iii], 48, 43, [v], 46, [ii], 49, [xi], [ii], small 4to, slightly later half vellum ruled in gilt with marbled boards, spine gilt ruled in compartments with repeated motif and gilt-lettered label, very good

Publication Details: Oxford: [1893/94]

Notes: The complete work, which was printed in six pieces (five books plus general title and index), constitutes the press' most substantial publication, finely printed throughout with, as the Memorials (see below) suggests the air of an édition de luxe. The prospectus states that the poems in the first four books are reprints, while those of the fifth are previously unpublished, 'the black letter giving just the check to hasty reading which thoughtful and elaborate poems need.' (Memorials of C.H.O. Daniel, Daniel Press, 1921).Horace N. Pym (1844-96) was the author of several works, notably Odds an...moreThe complete work, which was printed in six pieces (five books plus general title and index), constitutes the press' most substantial publication, finely printed throughout with, as the Memorials (see below) suggests the air of an édition de luxe. The prospectus states that the poems in the first four books are reprints, while those of the fifth are previously unpublished, 'the black letter giving just the check to hasty reading which thoughtful and elaborate poems need.' (Memorials of C.H.O. Daniel, Daniel Press, 1921).Horace N. Pym (1844-96) was the author of several works, notably Odds and Ends at Foxwold, a guide for the inquiring guest, 1887, established a renowned library including a fine Dickens collection and provided the inspiration for Blind Love, Wilkie Collins' final novel, a case drawn from Pym's experience as a solicitor. From the library of Richard Luckett, Pepys Librarian, Magdalene, Cambridge, with his neat typographical book label designed by Will Carter of the Rampant Lions Press. HIDE

Bibliography: (Madan 27, 28, 29, 31, 32; McKay 'A Bibliography of Robert Bridges' 24)