HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Boy, London, 1931, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 133 of 145 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Gibbs A6a. With 10 other signed limited edition books by the same author, all but one PRESENTATION COPIES. (11)

HANLEY, James (1897-1985).  Boy. London: Boriswood Limited, 1931. 8vo (230 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with publisher's mushroom motif. Original tan bevelled buckram, spine with suede lettering-piece, top edges gilt, others uncut (lightly stained, without a dust-jacket [?as issued]). Provenance: Tamara Lo (small label on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL. NUMBER 133 OF 145 COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR "for private issue to subscribers only." The book bears a printed dedication to Nancy Cunard. Gibbs A6a. With 10 other signed limited edition books by James Hanley, all (but one) additionally PRESENTATION COPIES, namely, The German Prisoner ... With an Introduction by Richard Aldington ([London], "Privately printed for the Author", [1930], frontispiece by William Roberts, NUMBER 470 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, [not a presentation copy]), A Passion Before Death (London, "Privately Printed", 1930, NUMBER 196 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nina, with love from James, 30.9.65"), Men in Darkness. Five Stories (London, 1931, NUMBER 90 OF 105 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nine, with love"), The Last Voyage ... With a Frontispiece by Alan Odle (London, 1931, NUMBER 62 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nina and with my love, James"), Stoker Haslett (London, 1932, NUMBER 214 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For dear Tamara with love from James, 2.9.'66"), Ebb and Flood (London, 1932, NUMBER 57 OF 105 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nina, with love, James Hanley, 16.1.67"), Quartermaster Clausen (London, "Arlan at the White Owl Press", 1934, LIMITED TO 106 COPIES [this copy not numbered or signed], PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nina, with love from James, 4.5.'66. If we were all quite real, how boring life might be"), Resurrexit Dominus ([London], "Privately Printed", 1934, NUMBER 76 OF 99 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Nina's Book. For Nina, with love from James, this opus from his homage period, James Hanley, 26.12.66"), John Cowper Powys. A Man in the Corner (London, 1969, NUMBER 3 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Nina, with love from James, 24.1.'78") and The Face of Winter (Loughton, 1969, original wrappers, NUMBER 54 OF 99 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "For Nina with love from James." Provenance: The Property of the late Tamara Lo. (10)