Poems of Pleasure. WILCOX (Ella Wheeler).

£300.00

Printed reproduction of an illuminated manuscript by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe, the frontispiece signed by Frank C. Papé.

8vo. [196 x 143 x 19 mm]. [3]ff, 85, [3] pp. Bound in the original green moiré cloth, the front cover and spine blocked in gilt, decorative endleaves, top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. (Spine slightly faded).
London: printed by W. W. Curtis Ltd at the Cheylesmore Press, Coventry for Siegle Hill & Co. [1911]

The date is taken from the four copies on Library Hub (British Library, Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin and V&A) though Trinity College also suggests the 1890s which is highly unlikely as Sangorski and Sutcliffe met in 1896 and became business partners in 1901 and Frank Papé's first work was published in 1902. The original manuscript is not listed by Stephen Ratcliffe in his checklist of Sangorski manuscipts in Hidden Treasures.

This is a delightful production, finely printed in a multitude of colours and tastefully bound. There are a few spots but it is in excellent condition.

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