Douglas (Norman) One Day
£595
La Chapelle-Réanville, The Hours Press, 1929.
First edition, one of 300 copies on verge paper, from an overall limitation of 500, this unnumbered and assumed out-of-series for presentation. 8vo. Original brown boards, lettered in gilt to upper cover.
Important association copy of the fifth book issued on the Hours Press. The Hours Press was established in Normandy by Nancy Cunard who had obtained the equipment of the Three Mountains Press at a bargain price. “The success of the Hours Press was never in doubt except at the very beginning, when Cunard had only vague ideas of producing contemporary poetry. In its three years, the Hours Press was typographically insignificant (despite its exciting bindings), but in literary terms it was one of the most important of all the private presses”. (Cave, The Private Press, p. 193).
Raymond Mortimer was a prominent British literary critic and editor, known for his influential work with the New Statesman magazine. His insightful analyses and cultured sensibilities established him as a leading figure in the British literary world during the mid-20th century.
In stock
Toning to margins; boards a little rubbed and bumped, but overall very good.
Frontispiece and one other plate.
Inscribed on the limitation page, ‘for Raymond Mortimer from The Hours Press’ by Nancy Cunard.
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