ROLFE, Frederick (1860-1913, i.e. "Baron CORVO"). Three Tales of Venice, [London], The Corvine Press, [1950], 8vo, buckram. LIMITED TO 140 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 10 ON "GOATSKIN PARCHMENT PAPER." JULIAN SYMONS' COPY. With another related. (2)

ROLFE, Frederick (1860-1913, i.e. "Baron CORVO").  Three Tales of Venice. [London:] The Corvine Press, [1950]. 8vo (225 x 145mm). Half title, printed on "Goatskin Parchment paper". Contemporary blue buckram gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, top edges gilt, others uncut. The printed limitation leaf states: "These three tales ["Venetian Courtesy", "On Cascading into the Canal", "An Ossuary of the North Lagoon"] were published in the issues of Blackwoods Magazine for June, July and September, 1913. They are here reprinted by kind permission of the Editor and the executors of the late A. J. A. Symons. 140 copies have been printed on hand-made paper numbered 1 to 140. (Ten extra copies printed on Goatskin Parchment paper and lettered A to J are not for sale.) The type has been dispersed. This is No. [added in manuscript:] J[ulian] S[ymons]". With a file of related photostat material. Provenance: Julian Symons (1912-94, British crime writer and poet [and younger brother and biographer of A. J. A. Symons], with "Julian Symons: His Copy" stamped in gilt on the upper cover); "Julian Symons' copy" (later pencil note on the front free endpaper); from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster. (2)