Wordsworth to Robert Graves and beyond: Presentation and Association Copies from the Collection of Simon Nowell Smith; an exhibition [at the] Bodleian Library, November 1983 to January 1984

Nowell-Smith (Simon).   Many facsimiles Bertram Rota Ltd.,   [1983] First Edition One of only 50 numbered copies on mould-made paper, signed by the compiler   Bound by Gemma O’Connor in paper-covered boards with linen spine and paper lettering labels Fine copy in dust-wrapper  A catalogue of 96 items drawn from the collection, each provided with notes by Nowell-Smith and with a foreword by him: “My taste for the early nineteenth century romantics, the mid-century intellectuals, the fleshly Pre-raphaelites, the decadent rhymers of the fin-de-siècle, the poets of World War I, with an inclination of the head towards other “Georgians”, will be clearly seen - minor as well as major writers in each field”. 

Price: £100