[Rarebooks] FS: A. E. Coppard, many signed
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Thu Apr 17 11:45:04 EDT 2008
Although many of the better Coppard items have sold, we still have a
number of mostly Signed Coppard items still remaining from our online
March catalogue, including these:
1. COPPARD, A. E. CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN. TALES. Waltham Saint
Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1922. First Edition. Original
cloth-backed yellow boards. Coppard's second book of fiction and an
early title from this distinguished press. Of the edition of 1200
copies, 430 were acquired by Jonathan Cape and re-issued with a
cancel title page. There was also a very limited edition of 20
autographed copies (see our other offering). Near Fine in a lightly
soiled, Very Good dustwrapper. $100.00
2. COPPARD, A. E. DUNKY FITLOW. TALES. London: Jonathan Cape (1933).
First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt-lettered
green morocco spine label. Copy #77 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by
the author. Covers slightly bowed. Near Fine, lacking a dustwrapper.
$75.00
3. COPPARD, A. E. DUNKY FITLOW. TALES. London: Jonathan Cape (1933).
First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt-lettered
green morocco spine label. Copy #93 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by
the author. Fine, bright copy in later plain white paper dustwrapper.
$125.00
4. COPPARD, A. E. EMERGENCY EXIT. New York: Random House (1934).
First Edition. Copy #170 of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by the author
on the half-title page. Bookplate of Earl E. Fisk on the front
pastedown. Fine with most of original glassine. $75.00
5. COPPARD, A. E. HIPS & HAWS. POEMS. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The
Golden Cockerel Press 1922. First Edition. Coppard's first book of
poetry and the seventh book of this distinguished press. Copy #58 of
500 numbered copies. Attractive bookplate of Paul Heymann on the
front free endpaper and a smaller bookplate of Wilber Parsons Sachs
on the front pastedown. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine
dustwrapper. $50.00
6. COPPARD, A. E. NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN. TALES. London: Jonathan Cape
(1931). First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with
gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #52 of 304 numbered
copies SIGNED by the author. Fraying to top edge of rear board and
spine head. Very Good or better, lacking a dustwrapper. $75.00
7. COPPARD, A. E. NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN. TALES. London: Jonathan Cape
(1931). First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the
front endpaper for William Macey Stone, long-time secretary of the
Carteret Book Club. Below his inscription, Coppard has added a quote
identified by him only as "(T.H.)": "the whole romance to see here/Is
the dream I bring with me." The beautiful muti-colored covers of this
book are bright and fresh. The paper spine label is now loose and
laid into the book but in perfect condition. The white dustwrapper
has expected soiling with a one-inch closed tear internally repaired
with tape. Near Fine in a Good or better dustwrapper. $125.00
8. COPPARD, A. E. RUMMY THAT NOBLE GAME EXPOUNDED IN PROSE, POETRY,
DIAGRAM AND ENGRAVING.... Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel
Press [1932]. First Edition. ...WITH AN ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN DIVERSIONS
INTO THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF CORK AND KERRY. Illustrated by Robert
Gibbings. Of the edition of 1250 copies, this is one of 1000 trade
copies printed on machine-made paper. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near
Fine dustwrapper. $100.00
9. COPPARD, A. E. SILVER CIRCUS. TALES. (London): Jonathan Cape
(1928). First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with
gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #16 of only 125
numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Fraying to spine heel and
bottom edges. Covers slightly bowed. Very Good, lacking a
dustwrapper. $100.00
10. COPPARD, A. E. THE BLACK DOG AND OTHER STORIES. London: Jonathan
Cape (1923). Second Impression of the First Edition. INSCRIBED and
SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To dear Louis
Golding/With love from/A.E. Coppard." Golding was a British writer
who often used Jewish themes in his novels. He also worked on the
screenplays of several movies including the Paul Robeson film THE
PROUD VALLEY (1940). Front hinge cracked but tight; some staining and
wear to covers. Good or better, lacking a dustwrapper. $150.00
11. COPPARD, A. E. THE FIELD OF MUSTARD. TALES. (London): Jonathan
Cape (1926). First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with
gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #81 of only 85 numbered
copies SIGNED by the author. Fraying to top edge of boards and spine
head; endpapers foxed. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. $75.00
12. COPPARD, A. E. THE FIELD OF MUSTARD. TALES. (London): Jonathan
Cape (1926). First Edition. Bound in publisher's full vellum with
gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #9 of only 85 numbered
copies SIGNED by the author. From the library of Geoffrey Ecroyd with
his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in price-clipped,
close to Fine dustwrapper. $250.00
13. COPPARD, A. E. THE MAN FROM KILSHEELAN. London: William Jackson
(Books) Ltd 1930. First Edition. Number 3 of the Furnival Books. With
a frontispiece woodcut by Robert Gibbings and a foreword by Coppard.
Copy #113 of 550 SIGNED by the author. In the original clear glassine
dustwrapper with paper inside flaps. Tears to the glassine with some
pieces missing at the rear. Fine in a Good example of the scarce
dustwrapper. $150.00
14. [ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.]. THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK 1936. First
Edition. Folio (11" x 14") in the original full brown leather with
gilt lettering on the front cover and the original pictorial wraps
bound in; 384 pages. SIGNED by the President beneath a color image of
the White House on the limitation leaf, #1069 of an unstated
limitation of 2500 copies, which is often found removed from the book
as it makes a beautiful display piece. Some light and scattered
foxing. The page with FDR's signature is Fine. The binding has some
edgewear and light wear to the corners with rubbing to the front
cover. The spine tips are worn with some erosion to the bottom and
areas of splitting to the spine edge at the front, though the cover
is still tight. Still Very Good and increasingly uncommon. $3500.00
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