Borrowed Emblems [poems]

Lucie-Smith (Edward).    Turret Books,  1967 First Edition One of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author  4to  Fine copy in dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to Arthur Uphill on the limitation leaf: “Arthur, Hope this is worthy of a true bibliophile!”  Handsomely printed in blue, black and red at the Trigram Press, this book presents a series of sixteen-century emblems, with descriptive poems.Arthur Uphill (1931-2009) joined the staff of Bertram Rota Ltd. in 1955 and worked for the company as a cataloguer for nearly thirty-eight years. He brought to the company an extraordinary depth of knowledge of the expatriate authors living and working in Paris after 1918 and most especially especially of Gertrude Stein and Samuel Beckett. 

Price: £40