Rococo by Ralph Cheever Dunning: Signed (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Edward W. Titus, Paris, 1926
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A limited edition poem by the mysterious poet Ralph Cheever Dunning, with three illustrations by Howard Simon. Ralph Cheever Dunning (1878-1930) was an American poet who moved to Paris in 1905. Apathetic regarding the publication of his own work, Ezra Pound convinced him to publish work in…literary magazines. It is possible that he was addicted to opium, and he often 'forgot to eat', dying in Paris of tuberculosis and starvation. His other works include 'Hyllus', a play, and two poetry collections, one privately published.A limited edition.With three tipped-in illustrations by Howard Simon.This limited edition was meant to be signed by both author and artist, however, some were signed by both and many by just one of the two. This copy was signed by Howard Simon, the artist.A charming work by an uncommon poet, and prominent figure in Paris of the early twentieth century. In the original paper covered boards. Externally generally smart, with a little wear to the spine and edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are often unopened, and bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Howard Simon (illustrator). signed by author. book.
Published by Edward W. Titus, Paris, 1926
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, FranceSan Francisco Book Company
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover Octavo. gray and white papered boards, gray lettering, blue label on the front cover, no dust jacket, 21 pp signed by the artist #116 of 500 covers are lightly worn Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
More imagesPublished by Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1926
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: de Beaumont Rares, Midhurst, United Kingdomde Beaumont Rares
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The second of only three volumes of poetry to be published by Dunning during his lifetime and since. A Detroit native, Dunning (1878-1930) moved to Paris in 1905 where he dedicated his time to only a small group of poems, composed in the style of the late Victorian era, publishing hi…s first collection of poems Hyllus: A Drama in 1910 (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head). Around 1924 Ezra Pound 'discovered' Dunning, a recluse and an addict, and ensured his publishing in the journals of the day; I have read even that EP supplied Dunning with drugs, which, considering Pound's mansarde et potage, one might believe. After Dunning received the Helen Haire Nevinson Prize from Poetry, A Magazine of Verse in 1925 the literati of the Left Bank began to heatedly debate Dunning's poetry. The push for vers libre, as had been happening for 20 years, had left the public finally numb to any vers à la Victorien; Dunning's advance of a style yet older struggled to be received, though it reads with a precision worthy of the Ancient Mariner. This book was the inaugural volume of The Black Manikin Press, one of the key expatriate presses of Paris in the 1920's later to print Anaïs Nin, D. H. Lawrence, Djuna Barnes, Henry Miller and more. No. 80 of 500 copies all printed on Holland, the first fifty not for sale, with three illustrations by Howard Simon. Signed by Dunning on the limitation page and by Simon under the frontispiece. Spine mottled with a small break at top (nothing lost); light fading to the edge of the boards; endpapers browned spilling over to adjacent blanks where cut short; stock otherwise fine throughout. No bibliography has been composed for Dunning. Signed by Author(s).
