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De La Mare, Walter.
Songs of Childhood. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1923
Stock Code: 10559
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 310 copies, of which this is no. 228. Octavo, pp. xiii, [1], 173, [1]. with eight colour plates by Estella Canziani and additional black and white illustrations. Bound in quarter vellum and pale blue paper over publisher’s boards, gilt fillet to vellum edge, gilt titles to spine, edges uncut. No dust-jacket. Boards ever so slightly faded to top edge. Some pages unopened. A near fine example of this charming illustrated edition of De La Mare’s first published work. Signed by De La Mare to the limitation leaf. Scarce. £150.00