The Legend of Monte della Sibilla,

Bell (Clive)

The Legend of Monte della Sibilla,

or Le Paradis de la Reine Sibille.

Description: FIRST EDITION, fontispiece and head- and tail-piece illustrations by Duncan Grant, some very faint spots, pp. 25, royal 8vo, original white boards, the upper board with a design by Duncan Grant printed in black, a few small marks and some light wear, including a little splitting to surface paper at head of backstrip, slight bump to top corner of upper board, the front pastedown with the bookplate of Lytton Strachey (se below), ownership inscription of Barbara Bagenal to facing flyleaf (see also below), edges and endpapers very lightly spotted, dustjacket a little browned and chipped, with Bagenal's note regarding provenance to front flap, good

Publication Details: Hogarth Press, 1923

Notes: The copy of the author's friend, Lytton Strachey, with his bookplate (a design by Carrington) to the front pastedown - a superb Bloomsbury Group association. The subsequent association with artist Barbara Bagenal provides further links to both Bell and Carrington; she, neé Hiles, was a friend of the latter from the Slade, and then Bell's 'devoted companion' (ODNB) for the final two decades of his life. Her note records that it was given to her by John Russell (the art critic, one presumes) in 1968....moreThe copy of the author's friend, Lytton Strachey, with his bookplate (a design by Carrington) to the front pastedown - a superb Bloomsbury Group association. The subsequent association with artist Barbara Bagenal provides further links to both Bell and Carrington; she, neé Hiles, was a friend of the latter from the Slade, and then Bell's 'devoted companion' (ODNB) for the final two decades of his life. Her note records that it was given to her by John Russell (the art critic, one presumes) in 1968. HIDE

Bibliography: (Woolmer 27)

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