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MASEFIELD**, JOHN: : MELLONEY HOLSPUR. [Ltd.,No'd,SIGNED Edn 34/530.]

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1922.

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UK,8vo HB,Deluxe,SIGNED.Ltd No'd,Author SIGNED,Limited No'd 34 of a limitation of 530 - 500 for sale and 30 for presentation.NOT the US,8vo HB+dw/dj, Macmillan,1922,Special Autograph Edition, limited to an edition of 1000 copies+ signed by Masefield.] VG+.NO owner inscrptn per se but previous owner's,her blue+white calligraphic illustrated bookplate pasted to front pastedown,and Masefield's handwritten number 34 and his signature to the limitation page - the reverse of the half-title.Publisher's original cream 1/4 vellum spine with bright,crisp blocked gilt letters and some minimal slight grubbing,to bright,crisp, clean,plain RAF blue paper-covered boards with clean, plain white pastedowns - bookplate excepted - but opposing side of front+rear free endpapers with offsetting from the pastedowns.Top edge gilt,fore+ bottom edges deckled (untrimmed) and lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - some pages unopened - but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.The pages are of British hand made pure rag paper with its watermark in appropriate places,throughout the book.UK,slim 8vo HB,Deluxe SIGNED.Ltd No'd,1st edn,1-126pp [paginated] includes IV Acts; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,persons list,and to the rear unopened pages with author's Note of disclaimer of persons+events of play are imaginary and no reference is made to any living person. A dramatic play,the story of the Copshrew family,intertwined with tragedy and romance by Masefield,who would later on replace Robert Bridges as the Poet Laureate in 1930,having been chosen in preference to Rudyard Kipling,A.E Housman, Yeats,John Drinkwater,Walter de la Mare, and Henry Newbolt,six of his eminent contemporaries.John Masefield served as Britain's Poet Laureate from 1930-1967. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB, SIGNED.Ltd No'd Edition.
SIGNED,Ltd,No'd edn [34/530]

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