The Boy, a Modern Poem
London: Ingpen & Grant, 1928. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small 8vo. Original black cloth, paper label, uncut; printed dust jacket. Covers a bit bowed, but in very good condition. Item #409197
First edition, apparently "one of thirteen copies printed by mistake on large paper and uncut" (according to a penciled note possibly by Meyerstein) on the front pastedown. The dedication copy, inscribed by Meyerstein on the front free endpaper: "Cedric, with love from E. Aug. '28". The printed dedication reads: "To Cedric Morris, as from a poet to a painter." Edward Harry William Meyerstein (1889-1952) was a prolific and highly cultured man of letters – and a flagellant who was immortalized by the English writer John Wain for his fabulous collection of whips. The dedicatee was Sir Cedric Morris, the noted painter of birds. (BA).
Price: $750.00