A Carol and Other Rhymes
London: Douglas Pepler, Hampshire House Workshops, 1916. Hardcover. Reprinted (with some corrections), twenty-fourmo size, 56 pp. Good. Item #21073008
In the apologetic preface the author claims this is not poetry but "rhymes" and he includes explanatory notes on each. He also suggests this should be compared more to a Christmas card than a book.
Printed by Douglas Pepler at Hampshire house Workshops. "200 copies of this "book" were printed for Christmas 1915" (n.b. from the preface/colophon).
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in half natural colored cloth with blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering on front cover, title page in red and black with some additional text in red throughout; twenty-fourmo size (5 1/4" by 4 1/8"), pagination: [i-ii][1-2] 3-50 [2 pages of books by Douglas Pepler] [1, blank] [1, printer's statement].
___CONDITION: Overall in good condition, with a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and the interior is clean and bright; discoloration to boards, bumped corners with rubbing and a prior owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper.
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Price: $75.00