Fifteen Drawings, and 2 others

Lot 388
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Lot 388 | Fifteen Drawings, and 2 others
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A group of three works, comprising:

LEWIS, Wyndham (1882-1957). Fifteen Drawings. London: The Ovid Press, [1919].
First edition, no.56 of 250 copies (of which probably fewer were issued). Broadsheets (407 x 280mm). 15 mounted plates after Lewis, 7 printed in colours, the card mounts captioned in English and French (mounts lightly faded at edges). Loose as issued in original portfolio, upper cover with mounted print of 'Group' after Lewis, lower cover with Ovid Press device after Edward Wadsworth (browned and rubbed, chip to print on upper cover, some professional repairs).

— The Apes of God. London: The Arthur Press, 1930.
First edition, unnumbered copy of limited issue of 750. Presentation copy to British poet and author Thomas Sturge Moore, mentor to Lewis. Large quarto (249 x 181mm). 13 illustrations by the author (occasional marginal soiling and staining at gutter, ink stain to fore-edge). Original light pink cloth, spine lettered in green (extremities lightly soiled, spotting and marks to endpapers); original dust-jacket designed by the author (soiled, creased and worn, small central portion of backstrip reattached with tape on verso, several other closed tears repaired in the same manner). Provenance: Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944, British poet, author and artist, mentor to Lewis; authorial presentation inscription to limitation leaf dated June 1930).

— One-Way Song. London: Faber & Faber, 1933.
First edition, presentation copy to British poet and author Thomas Sturge Moore, mentor to Lewis. Octavo. Decorative title and five illustrations by Lewis. Original buff cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in blue, top edge stained blue (extremities soiled, spine faded); original dust-jacket (somewhat tanned and marked, head of backstrip with chip affecting one letter, a few further tiny nicks and closed tears). Provenance: Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944, British poet, author and artist, mentor to Lewis; authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper).
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