Odd Volumes, Signed (2 results)

HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed and Limited 1st Edition, no. 103 of 133 only, Letchworth 1913. Small slim 8vo Pocket book. 31pp. Signed and dedicated by author to Limiteation Leaf. Privately Printed for the Sette of Odd Volumes Society, a Literary Dining Club founded in 1878 by antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch of London. The twenty one members published Opuscula and met to read from discuss and present the volumes in Oxford or Cambridge colleges, and in Sandhurst. Members were also called 'volumes', and given a club name, for example author Henry Williamson was Brother Luttra (Latin for otter), as he famously wrote Tarka the Otter. Members were 'odd' until united at elaborate eccentric dinners, where opuscula would be presented. Here is Opuscula lxvi signed and dedicated by the presenting author to fellow Odd Sette member, printed with 'Wanderer' vignette on thick creamy leaves attractively untrimmed. Stitched into card covers and integral paper wrapper, housed and protected in original red lettered and illustrated matt brown marbled dustwrapper gently chipped to corners and with closed tear to head of spine (1cm) with very slight loss to dustwrapper. A made-to-be-rare increasingly uncommon item. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. White paper covers lettered in blackwith cover as title page, presumably as issued, neat plain parchment spine, appears complete and decent VG+. 12mo. 5.5 inches by 4.5. PP 52+(11) pages. NOT NUMBERED BUT KNOWN TO BE ONE of 133 copies and signed by Alfred J. Davies. Miscellany No. 17. An Bibliography of 'Privately printed opuscula' is printed on the last 8 pages, a list of members the last 3. The printer of this book Brother C. W. H. Wyman is mentioned several times in addresses etc., Ye Sette of Odd Volumes was a London-based eccentric, scholarly dining club. It was formed in 1878 by Bernard Quaritch, and functioned continuously until around 1940. Members were notable men with a wide range of interests and each gathering was addressed by a member on some, usually arcane, subject.Each member had a club name ÔChroniclerÕ SalopianÕ ÕHorologerÕÕExaggerator Õetc., Very good indeed. Signedes.