Ode to the Nightingale
Trefoil Pub Co, 1934. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Good / No Jacket. Item #L028623
G in wrappers (sl sunning/rub to wraps; corners bumped). 8vo 31,[1]pp+pl S eparate edition of the poem, dedicated to the memory of the poet's mother; one of an unspecified number of copies, printed at Christmas, 1934. Present ation copy, signed and inscribed to one Leonard Knowles, Esq. by King on ti tle page verso, dated July 18, 1936; with an additional autograph letter si gned by King (again to Leonard Knowles, and dated July 18, 1936) on his imp rinted stationery from Mozart Villa, Port Hall Road, Brighton. Sold as a se t. Exterior as noted (sunning chiefly to spine edges and top edges); slight internal browning, chiefly to edges; holograph ink correction (probably no t by King) to margin of page 26.1 b/w photo (frontis port).
Price: $20.00