LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). Letters from T E Shaw to Viscount Carlow . [London]: The Corvinus Press, 1936. 8° (245 x 162mm). Original limp vellum [by Sangorski and Sutcliffe], lettered in gilt on the upper cover, yapp fore-edges, silk fore-edge ties, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase (covers slightly bowed, slipcase a little discoloured and with small split on one joint). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 17 COPIES, THIS NO. 15 OF 11 ON MILBOURN PAPER. Nash and Flavell 5 ('The book is well-printed and designed, and is one of the most beautiful productions of the Press'); O'Brien A193. [ With, loosely inserted :] George Lionel Seymour DAWSON-DAMER, Viscount CARLOW (1907-1944). Autograph letter signed ('Carlow') to Louis [?Golding], 67 Westminster Gardens, [London] S.W.1, [s.d.], 4°, one page. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE RECIPIENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE LETTERS OF 'ONE OF MY MOST TREASURED POSSESSIONS'. Letters reprints four letters sent by Lawrence to his friend Viscount Carlow, with whom a friendship developed in the early 1930s, based on shared interests in book-collecting, fine printing, languages, and boats; indeed, the two men had discussed establishing a private press together -- a plan which Lawrence's premature death precluded. As a trustee of Lawrence's literary estate, Carlow printed some seven books by or about Lawrence, including the press's first and second books. THIS VOLUME IS ONE OF THE RAREST CORVINUS PRESS BOOKS: of the 17 printed, two are held by institutions (cf. Nash and Flavell; locating only one in the UK, at the Bodleian Library, Oxford), and no copies are recorded at auction by ABPC since 1975. The colophon states that the work was not for sale, and that most of the copies printed were given to Carlow's friends; this copy was most probably given to Carlow's friend the writer Louis Golding, some of whose works were published by the Corvinus Press. In the letter, Carlow, states that 'A cheque passed between friends, is, I gather, a thing usually to be avoided, due to the subsequent trouble it is sometimes apt to cause. So this one may I endorse with a small book -- one of my most treasured possessions', adding that of the 17 copies, he still retains all but two. (2)
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). Letters from T E Shaw to Viscount Carlow . [London]: The Corvinus Press, 1936. 8° (245 x 162mm). Original limp vellum [by Sangorski and Sutcliffe], lettered in gilt on the upper cover, yapp fore-edges, silk fore-edge ties, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase (covers slightly bowed, slipcase a little discoloured and with small split on one joint). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 17 COPIES, THIS NO. 15 OF 11 ON MILBOURN PAPER. Nash and Flavell 5 ('The book is well-printed and designed, and is one of the most beautiful productions of the Press'); O'Brien A193. [ With, loosely inserted :] George Lionel Seymour DAWSON-DAMER, Viscount CARLOW (1907-1944). Autograph letter signed ('Carlow') to Louis [?Golding], 67 Westminster Gardens, [London] S.W.1, [s.d.], 4°, one page. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE RECIPIENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE LETTERS OF 'ONE OF MY MOST TREASURED POSSESSIONS'. Letters reprints four letters sent by Lawrence to his friend Viscount Carlow, with whom a friendship developed in the early 1930s, based on shared interests in book-collecting, fine printing, languages, and boats; indeed, the two men had discussed establishing a private press together -- a plan which Lawrence's premature death precluded. As a trustee of Lawrence's literary estate, Carlow printed some seven books by or about Lawrence, including the press's first and second books. THIS VOLUME IS ONE OF THE RAREST CORVINUS PRESS BOOKS: of the 17 printed, two are held by institutions (cf. Nash and Flavell; locating only one in the UK, at the Bodleian Library, Oxford), and no copies are recorded at auction by ABPC since 1975. The colophon states that the work was not for sale, and that most of the copies printed were given to Carlow's friends; this copy was most probably given to Carlow's friend the writer Louis Golding, some of whose works were published by the Corvinus Press. In the letter, Carlow, states that 'A cheque passed between friends, is, I gather, a thing usually to be avoided, due to the subsequent trouble it is sometimes apt to cause. So this one may I endorse with a small book -- one of my most treasured possessions', adding that of the 17 copies, he still retains all but two. (2)
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