WHITE, Diana (1868-1950). Preface … to an Album of Poems from the Livre de Jade.

WHITE, Diana (1868-1950). Preface … to an Album of Poems from the Livre de Jade. Translated from the Chinese by Judith Gautier. [No place: Privately Printed], 1948. 8vo (176 x 102mm). Printed on Japanese vellum, ornament on title, final text leaf and colophon, initial, 8-pages. Original silk-stitched grey wrappers, decorative device on paper mounted on upper cover. NUMBER 22 OF 60 COPIES, THIS FOR MARGARET PILKINGTON (the name printed beneath the number). “The preface to the ‘Livre de Jade’ by Diana White was first printed in 1911 by the Eragny Press. This 1948 reprint in the Brook Type is limited to 60 numbered copies” (colophon). Margaret Pilkington (1891-1974), for whom this copy was printed, was a notable British wood-engraver and philanthropist.