Author: HENRY WILLIAMSON
Title: The Star-Born. (The discarded signature for the deluxe issue).
Description: Faber, London, 1933. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). Disbound pages, one of fifty uncut and discarded signatures of the deluxe edition of Williamson's 'The Star-Born', which was originally to be limited to fifty copies. That number was increased by twenty when subscriptions were higher than anticipated, but as copies of the colophon (stating the limitation) had already been printed and signed these were discarded and a new revised signature printed. This colophon for the unpublished edition of fifty copies is signed in red ink by the author (none were numbered). The signature comprises the signed colophon, half title, title page with owl engraved by Tunnicliffe (two other small Tunnicliffe vignettes), dedication, introduction, contents, two pages of text; the discarded batch was apparently hoarded for years by Richard de la Mare in his Faber office. In fine state. Fine.

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