Author: PAINTED BINDING; PHILLIPS, Stephen
Title: Poems
Description: London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. A Charming Hand-Painted Binding in the Pre-Raphaelite Style [PAINTED BINDING]. PHILLIPS, Stephen. Poems. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Second edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 192 x 118 mm.). viii, 108, [2, Some Press Notices]. A few leaves slightly browned. otherwise excellent. Full parchment, front cover with a 'Pre-Rahaelite' woman' in ink and watercolor, highlighted in gilt and with a leafy twining border in watercolor and gilt. Rear cover with two gilt borders with small watercolor fleurons. Spine with watercolor and gilt twining leaf, lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Ex libris Virginia House, Richmond with their stamp on front paste-down. Ink signature "A. & V. Waddell / Virginia / 1925" on font free endpaper. A charming little binding which was hand painted by an unidentified artist somewhere between 1898 and 1925. Stephen Phillips (1864-1915) was an English poet and dramatist who enjoyed considerable popularity early in his career. In 1890, a slender volume of verse was published at Oxford titled Primavera, which contained contributions by him, his cousin Laurence Binyon, and others. In 1894, he published Eremus, a long poem of loose structure in blank verse with a philosophical complexion. In 1896, he published Christ in Hades, forming one of the slim paper-covered volumes of Elkin Mathews's Shilling Garland. This poem caught the eye of critics, and when it was followed by a collection of Poems in 1897, Phillips's position as a new poet of exceptional gifts was generally recognized. This volume contained a new edition of Christ in Hades, together with Marpessa, The Woman with the Dead Soul, The Wife, and shorter pieces, including To Milton, - Blind. The volume won the prize of £100 offered by the Academy newspaper for the best new book of its year, ran through half a dozen editions in two years, and established Phillips's rank as a poet, which was sustained by the publication of his poem Endymion in the Nineteenth Century in 1898. Provenance: Alexander Weddell (1876-1948) and Virginia Chase Steedman (1874-1948). The couple first met in Calcutta, India, in 1923 where Mr. Weddell was serving as U.S. consul-general. Alexander was a bachelor in his forties from Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia was a wealthy widow from St. Louis, when they were introduced by friends. Mr. Weddell accompanied Virginia Steedman and her companions back to the United States by cruise ship. Virginia's letters from the period first are addressed to "Mr. Weddell," but soon moved to the more personal "Alex." Four months later, on May 31, 1923, they were married at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The couple combined their passions and resources to build Virginia House in Richmond. .
Keywords: PHILLIPS, Stephen Poetry
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Title: Poems
Description: London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. A Charming Hand-Painted Binding in the Pre-Raphaelite Style [PAINTED BINDING]. PHILLIPS, Stephen. Poems. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Second edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 192 x 118 mm.). viii, 108, [2, Some Press Notices]. A few leaves slightly browned. otherwise excellent. Full parchment, front cover with a 'Pre-Rahaelite' woman' in ink and watercolor, highlighted in gilt and with a leafy twining border in watercolor and gilt. Rear cover with two gilt borders with small watercolor fleurons. Spine with watercolor and gilt twining leaf, lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Ex libris Virginia House, Richmond with their stamp on front paste-down. Ink signature "A. & V. Waddell / Virginia / 1925" on font free endpaper. A charming little binding which was hand painted by an unidentified artist somewhere between 1898 and 1925. Stephen Phillips (1864-1915) was an English poet and dramatist who enjoyed considerable popularity early in his career. In 1890, a slender volume of verse was published at Oxford titled Primavera, which contained contributions by him, his cousin Laurence Binyon, and others. In 1894, he published Eremus, a long poem of loose structure in blank verse with a philosophical complexion. In 1896, he published Christ in Hades, forming one of the slim paper-covered volumes of Elkin Mathews's Shilling Garland. This poem caught the eye of critics, and when it was followed by a collection of Poems in 1897, Phillips's position as a new poet of exceptional gifts was generally recognized. This volume contained a new edition of Christ in Hades, together with Marpessa, The Woman with the Dead Soul, The Wife, and shorter pieces, including To Milton, - Blind. The volume won the prize of £100 offered by the Academy newspaper for the best new book of its year, ran through half a dozen editions in two years, and established Phillips's rank as a poet, which was sustained by the publication of his poem Endymion in the Nineteenth Century in 1898. Provenance: Alexander Weddell (1876-1948) and Virginia Chase Steedman (1874-1948). The couple first met in Calcutta, India, in 1923 where Mr. Weddell was serving as U.S. consul-general. Alexander was a bachelor in his forties from Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia was a wealthy widow from St. Louis, when they were introduced by friends. Mr. Weddell accompanied Virginia Steedman and her companions back to the United States by cruise ship. Virginia's letters from the period first are addressed to "Mr. Weddell," but soon moved to the more personal "Alex." Four months later, on May 31, 1923, they were married at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The couple combined their passions and resources to build Virginia House in Richmond. .
Keywords: PHILLIPS, Stephen Poetry
Price: US$ 450.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 06007
- Book number: 06007
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