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![[WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM; O'SHAUGHNESSY, ATHUR; TAYLOR, RACHEL ANNAND; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE; WHITMAN, WALT] - The Curtain of Futurity: A Sequence of Visions in the Prefiguring of a Golden Age; Arranged with a Note on the Sequence by V.V. B.](http://www.catscradlebks.net/pictures/820080.jpg)
[WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM; O'SHAUGHNESSY, ATHUR; TAYLOR, RACHEL ANNAND; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE; WHITMAN, WALT] The Curtain of Futurity: A Sequence of Visions in the Prefiguring of a Golden Age; Arranged with a Note on the Sequence by V.V. B.Chelsea: The Swan Press, 1927. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Square, bumped and worn corners, exlib markings on ffep, Note on the Sequence page, and rear endpaper (library pocket and date slip). Hinges holding well; binding tight; pages a bit off-white with age. Date slip shows no circulation activity. Edition limited to 100 copies; this is number 25. Artisanal printing and binding. Paper over boards is generally lightly shelfworn with orange swan design on front and back. Poems by William Wordsworth, Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Rachel Annand Taylor, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Walt Whitman, arranged to represent visions of the future: "rose-tinted" romanticism, the poet declaring power to create and destroy; future redemption through fusion of art and labor, a future of turbulent cities and "exalted life and labour." Compiler envisions a future in which art, religion, science and citizenship combine.; Ex-Library; 9.5" (24 cm) tall. Good with no dust jacket .
Offered for US$ 35.00 by: Cats Cradle Books - Book number: 820080