Estimate: | £70 - £100 |
Hammer price: | £20 |
MOORE, George (1852-1933). Héloïse and Abélard. London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only by [Printer's name in Gaelic], 1921. 2 volumes, 8vo (230 x 140mm). Half title. Original vellum-backed paper boards with printed spine labels, uncut. Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate). NUMBER 127 OF 1,500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With the same author's related Fragments from Héloïse & Abélard (London, 1921, 8vo, containing pages to replace p.25 in the second vol. of the first-named work, and 5-pages of errata at the end), original printed wrappers, stitched; and also The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe Done into English by George Moore (London, 1924, 8vo, plates, original cream buckram-backed paper boards, NUMBER 452 OF 1,280 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR). (4)