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Published by E. Archer, London [no date]
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus. In tan wraps, 8vo, 53pp. (toning to outer extremities, short tear at lower tip, staining from damp to lower corner of wraps) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
Published by E. Archer, London
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Cream wrappers over thin card, square 8vo., 53, (1) pages, portrait frontispiece. The authors' first book. One of 900 numbered copies. Very minor soil at rear cover, else a very near fine copy, in archival mylar.
Published by E. Archer, London [no date]
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stiff card covers approx. 8.2 x 6.5 inches 53 pages clean and unmarked, small number stamped in ink on UL corner of back cover, small staple holes near spine where item was removed from a library binder, no other library indications; no. 803 of 900 copies for sale, VG+ overall.
Published by E. Archer n.d.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Trade Paperback. First Edition. 49 pages. Limited edition of 900 copies. The author's first book. First edition (first printing). Limited edition, this copy unnumbered. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Covers mildly soiled.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 68 Language: English Pages: 68.
Published by E. Archer, London, 1927
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: very good(+). Limited. Frontispiece portrait by William Roberts. 53p. marbled wrappers, paper label. London: E. Archer. Limited Edition. A very good(+) copy. Number 148 of 900.
Published by E. Archer N.D., London
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Davies, Rhys. THE SONG OF SONGS AND OTHER STORIES. London: E. Archer, No date (1927?). This is #604/900 copies. Laid in is a black and white photograph signed "Yours Sincerely, Rhys Davies". 53 pages. White printed wrappers. The wraps are slightly toned and discolored. The contents are bright and complete. Very Good.
Published by E. Archer n.d., London
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 53+(1) pages. Limited to 900 numbered copies. Covers soiled and sunned, paper loss at head and tail of spine, Spine and first three pages coming loose. Pages lightly soiled.
Published by Archer, London
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 8vo, pp. 53. 1/900 copies. Frontis portrait. Paper wraps. A little foxing, cover little stained and worn, o/w VG.
Published by E. Archer n.d. [1927], London, 1927
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Limited to 900 copies of which this is no. 663. Small quarto (21cm.); original buff printed wrappers (dampstaining); 53,[1]pp.; author portrait frontispiece by William Roberts. Spine and extremities darkened, small damp-spots to upper cover, heavier dampstaining along bottom and spine edges of rear wrapper; textblock about fine. Good or better copy of Welsh author's first book.
Published by E. Archer, London, 1927
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, inserted frontispiece with portrait of author drawn by William Roberts, original white marbled wrappers. First edition, trade issue. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 900 numbered unsigned trade copies. The author's first book. Gathers six short stories, all with Welsh settings. Davies, a Welshman, wrote about his native country with a mixture of affection and honesty that displeased many of his countrymen. He was a friend of John Gawsworth (i.e. T. I. Fytton Armstrong), who put stories by Davies into several of his weird anthologies in the 1930s, and featured him in Ten Contemporaries, his 1932 bibliography. NCBEL IV 558. Just a bit of tanning to cover, a near fine copy. (#128159).
Published by E. Archer, London
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. William Roberts frontispiece (illustrator). First Thus. LIMITED TO 900 COPIES of which this is No. 182. Light toning to cover edge; a few small and very light amber spots to endpapers; else a very good, clean and unmarked copy. As issued, in stiff papers with dust wrapper. Undated but probably from 1920s-30s and extremely scarce.
First Edition
DAVIES, Rhys. The Song of Songs and Other Stories. Frontispiece Portrait by William Roberts. Orig. wrappers. London: E. Archer, n.d. [1927]. First edition of the author's first book. One of 900 copies. A fine copy.
Published by [1927], 1927
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Wrappers. First Edition. One of 900 copies Wrappers a little darkened, but a nice copy of the author s first book.
Published by [1927], 1927
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Wrappers. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait by William Roberts One of 900 copies Wrappers slightly foxed and darkened, severely foxing internally, otherwise a nice copy, . Presentation Copy, inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf The author s first book.
FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no. 875 of 900 for sale, plus another 100 signed and specially bound. 8vo, pp. 53, [1] + b/w frontis portrait, captioned: 'Rhys Davies./ By William Roberts.' Buff marbled wrappers, front panel and spine lettered in black. Tanned, stained and foxed, edgewear, pushing to spine ends, corners curling, short closed tear to head of spine, edges foxed, and into front matter. Shaken, staining to bottom corner of frontis, signed by Davies in blue ink to title page. A robust copy of Davies' first book, which, through its illustrator and publisher, attests to his close and significant association with the milieu of the Lahrs' Progressive Bookshop. Good Comprising: 'A Gift of Death', 'The Sisters', 'Mrs Evans Number 6', 'History', 'The Lily' & 'The Song of Songs', the collection was published by Charles and Esther Lahr, owners of The Progressive Bookshop at 68-69 Red Lion Street, London. "E. Archer" was Esther's anglicised maiden name (after Argeband) and was deployed, apparently, "to counter anti-German prejudice and for tax purposes." (Stephens, 2013). The Lahrs also published The New Coterie Magazine, in which Davies' first stories appeared, including 'A Gift of Death', 'The Sisters' and 'Mrs Evans Number 6'. Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, who chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales and especially women's lives, including, in his later career, lesbians. He is known predominantly for his short stories. Davies met William Roberts through The New Coterie Magazine and they became friends. Alongside the portrait of Davies, Roberts also designed the wonderful monochrome dust jacket for Davies' first novel, The Withered Root (1927), which was typed up by and dedicated to Lahr. The artist was a signatory of the Vorticist manifesto and his work featured in Blast; he later referred to himself as an 'English Cubist'.