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De La Mare, Walter.
Crossings: A Fairy Play.
Publisher: Beaumont Press, London;
Date of Publication: 1921
Stock Code: 10580
LIMITED EDITION: Number 322 of 330 copies in total, of which 264 copies printed on wove paper (of which this is one). Octavo, pp., 131, [5]. Illustrated including vignette in colour to title page, headpieces and divisions for Acts; Musical notation by C. Armstrong Gibbs. Publishers’ grey quarter buckram with gilt titles to spine and printed boards with holly leaf design in green and red; illustrated roundels to endpapers. Near fine. Boards very slightly toned to edge otherwise clean and bright; contents fresh and appear unread. The only play written by author and poet Walter De La Mare (1873-1950), a children’s story first performed in 1919 by the boys of Wick School at Hove. Scarce and a very attractive book in the handsome festive binding. £150.00