[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Signed by Laura Riding with covers by Len Lye

[Charles Agvent]

RIDING, Laura [LYE, Len]. TWENTY POEMS LESS. Paris: Hours Press, 1930. 
First Edition. Tall thin quarto (7-3/4" x 11-3/8") bound with a dark 
green leather gilt-stamped spine and boards consisting of a photo 
montage by Len Lye. [iv], 33, [3] pages. Copy #82 of 200 set and printed 
by hand and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. Minuscule wear to 
the tips of the leather spine which shows no sunning at all. Fine in 
Very Good and scarce original glassine. 		$750.00

RIDING, Laura [LYE, Len]. THOUGH GENTLY. Deya, Majorca: The Seizin 
Press, 1930. First Edition. Tall thin quarto (8-3/8" x 11-3/8") bound 
with a brown cloth gilt-stamped spine and boards decorated with a photo 
montage by Len Lye, issued as Seizen 5. [iv], 29, [1] pages. Copy #10 of 
200 hand-set and hand-printed on hand-made paper and SIGNED by the 
author on the colophon page. Simple bookplate of Franklin Matthiason on 
front pastedown. Minor foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine.	$450.00

RIDING, Laura [LYE, Len]. FOUR UNPOSTED LETTERS TO CATHERINE. Paris: 
Hours Press, n.d [1930]. First Edition. Octavo (5-5/8" x 7-3/4") bound 
with a dark green leather gilt-stamped spine and boards decorated by Len 
Lye. [iv], 51, [3] pages. Copy #58 of 200 hand-set and SIGNED by the 
author on the colophon page. Rubbing and light wear to the tips of the 
leather spine, mostly at the head. Still Near Fine. 		$450.00

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