Author: Stephen Hudson; [Sydney Schiff]
Title: Celeste
Description: London, The Blackamore Press, 1930. Cloth. A smart limited edition collection of short tales by Stephen Hudson, strikingly illustrated with wood engravings by John Nash. A limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered two hundred and sixteen.An anthology of six short stories by Stephen Hudson, the pseudonym of Sydney Schiff, a British novelist and translator, and noted patron of the arts.This collection includes the titular 'Celeste', which had been previously published in 'The Criterion', as well as 'Frau Karl Druschki', 'Southern Women', 'Sunrise in Conegliano', 'Sounds', and 'Transmutation. Illustrated with six wood-engraved plates by John Nash. Collated, complete.Bookplate of Michael and Irene Franklin to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A couple of very light marks to the cloth. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: John Nash. Near Fine .

Keywords: Celeste stephen hudson john nash sydney schiff stephen hudson John Nash


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