HOGARTH PRESS] STEPHEN, ADRIAN. The "Dreadnought" Hoax . London: Hogarth Press, 1936; [2,530 copies printed, with 1,530 later pulped]. First edition. Original pictorial boards in the rare glassine jacket. 7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm); 47 pp., with three plates. A few minor tears to the jacket, but a bright copy. One of the great hoaxes, conducted in 1910, whose participants included Virginia Woolf. The prime mover was Horace de Vere Cole, ably assisted by Virginia's brother Adrian. The hoaxers, dressed as the Emperor of Abyssinia and his attendants, boarded H.M.S. "Dreadnought" and conducted an inspection of the vessel. C Estate of William W. Appleton
HOGARTH PRESS] STEPHEN, ADRIAN. The "Dreadnought" Hoax . London: Hogarth Press, 1936; [2,530 copies printed, with 1,530 later pulped]. First edition. Original pictorial boards in the rare glassine jacket. 7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm); 47 pp., with three plates. A few minor tears to the jacket, but a bright copy. One of the great hoaxes, conducted in 1910, whose participants included Virginia Woolf. The prime mover was Horace de Vere Cole, ably assisted by Virginia's brother Adrian. The hoaxers, dressed as the Emperor of Abyssinia and his attendants, boarded H.M.S. "Dreadnought" and conducted an inspection of the vessel. C Estate of William W. Appleton
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