3.

VII

MATERIALS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF CAPRI.

Eight pamphlets 1904-15.

(1) THE BLUE GROTTO AND ITS LITERATURE.

London:/ Adams Bros., Printers, 59, Moor Lane, E.C.,/1904.

9½x6. Red wrappers; black lettering on front. pp. [ii]+18.
"N.D." at end of Appendix B.p.18.

"100 Copies.- Printed February, 1904."

(2) THE FORESTAL CONDITIONS OF CAPRI.

London:/ Adams Bros., Printers, 59, Moor Lane, E.C./1904.

9½x6. Red wrappers; black lettering on front. pp. [ii]+19-36.
"N.D." at end of text p.35.

"100 Copies.- Printed April, 1904."

(3) FABIO GIORDANO'S RELATION OF CAPRI.

Napoli/ Luigi Pierro. Printers, Via Roma 402/1906

9½x6. Reddish-brown wrappers; black lettering on front. pp.37-96. Frontispiece; and small plate pasted on p.73.

"250 Copies.- Printed July 1906."

(4) THREE MONOGRAPHS.

Napoli/ Luigi Pierro, Printers, Via Roma 402/1906

9½x6. Reddish-brown or bluish-grey wrappers; black lettering on front. pp.97-152. (The Lost Literature of Capri pp. 97-116; Tiberius pp.117-140; Saracens and Corsairs in Capri pp.141-152. Separate title-pages for each monograph.)

(5) THE LIFE OF THE VENERABLE SUOR SERAFINA DI DIO.

With Notes Biographical & Historical.

London:/ Dunn and Duncan, Printers, 87, Chancery Lane, W.C./1907.

9½x6. Bright red wrappers; black lettering on front. pp.153-204. "N.D." at end of Appendix p.201.

"100 Copies.- Printed January, 1907."

4.

(6) SOME ANTIQUARIAN NOTES.

Napoli/ R.Tipografia Francesco Giannini & Figli/ Strada
Cisterna dell'Olio/ 1907.

9 3/8 x6. Brick-red or dark green wrappers; black lettering on front. pp.209-264. (N.B.209 instead of 205; incorrect numbering continued to end of series.)"N.D." at end of text p. 264.

"250 Copies.- Printed November 1907."

(7) DISIECTA MEMBRA.

London:/Dunn & Duncan, Printers, 87, Chancery Lane,W.C./1915

9 1/8x6. Bright red wrappers; black lettering and design on front. pp. [i] + 265-318. "N.D." at end of text p. 317.

"100 Copies.- Printed January, 1915."

(8) INDEX.

London:/Dunn & Duncan, Printers, 87, Chancery Lane, W.C./1915

9 1/8x6. Bright red wrappers; black lettering and design on front. pp.319-338. "N.D." at end of Index p.333.

"100 Copies.- Printed May, 1915."

5.

VIII

PAMPHLETS.

BOOKS.

D.H.LAWRENCE AND MAURICE MAGNUS.
A Plea for Better Manners.

I

Privately Printed / 1924

7 7/8 x 5 1/8 Buff wrappers; red lettering on front. Top edges unopened, fore unopened and trimmed, bottom uncut. pp. 56. Pink slip pasted on bastard title: "Price five shillings./ Obtainable from the Author, / c/o T.Cook and Son, Florence'. Frontispiece or Maurice Magnus. "Syracuse, / 24 December, 1924" at end of text p. 54.

There are three issues of this pamphlet, the first dated 1924, the second 1925, and the third 1926. Each issue contains a number of misprints, but they are not all identical. The second issue corrected some of those in the first and at the same time developed others of its own; in the third issue, as Mr. Douglas relates in "Late Harvest", not only the original date but also some of the original misprints were restored to please purchasers. Nevertheless the first and third issues can be differentiated.
(a) The first has on p. 11, 1. 10, But and 1.23, Iend, whereas the third has the correct readings But and lend.
(b) on the title-page of the third issue, the figure 4 in the date is obviously not of the same font as the 192-.
(c) the third issue was printed from stereoplates.

This pamphlet was written as a comment on D.H.Lawrence's
Introduction to M.M.'s posthumous "Memoirs of the Foreign Legion."

BOOKS.

UNPROFESSIONAL TALES.

London / T. Fisher Unwin / Paternoster Square / 1901

7⅞ x5. Pictorial cloth, tinted yellow and red on oysterwhite; gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Top edges cut, fore unopened and cut, bottom trimmed. pp.viii+248. "by Normyx" on spine and title-page.

Published September, 1901; 750 copies were printed, of which 594 remained on the publisher's hands according to the final statement of sales May, 1903 (note by Mr. Douglas in McDonald's Bibliography).

Of the Contents:-

"Elfwater" cf. "An Unnatural Feud" in "Cavalier" (Xmas), 1908).
"In the Red Sea" cf. "What Was It?" by Wilfrid Hale in "Ideas" (31 Mar., 1916).
"The Case of Mrs Hillier" cf. "Mr. Denbigh and the Snakes" by Edward Morris in "Ideas" (14 Apr., 1916).

II

SIREN LAND.

7.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd. / New York: E.P.Dutton & Co.
MCMXI

3/8 x 5. Olive-green cloth; gilt lettering and design on spine, dark green lettering and design on front cover. Top edges gilt, others cut. pp.viii+302. Frontispiece +2 figures (one not listed)+ 23 plates+sketch map.

Published March, 1911; 1,500 copies were printed, or
which 890 were 'wasted' (L.H.p.73).

Of the Contents:-

Chap.I. cf. "Sirens" in "English Review" (Dec., 1910).

" II. cf. "English Review" (Dec., 1910).

" IV. cf. Pamphlet VII (4), (1906), and "English Review" (Feb., 1911).

" IX. cf. Pamphlet VII (5), (1907).

" XII. cf. "English Review" (Feb., 1911).

"XIII. cf. few paragraphs from "Island of Typhoeus" in "English Review" (Feb., 1909).

III

FOUNTAINS IN THE SAND.
Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia.

London: Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi
First Published 1912 (title-page verso)

8¾ x 6¼. Light blue cloth; white parallel lines frame gilt lettering and ornaments on spine and front cover. Top edges blue, others trimmed. pp.256. Frontispiece+16 plates (listed).

Published September, 1912. The publishers inform me that 1,001 copies were printed and the type then distributed; 260 copies were exported, bound, to America, and 340 were bound for the home market; in May, 1915, the edition was remaindered. These 401 copies form a second issue, which is found in two variants:-

(a) as above, but the parallel lines are blind and the gilt ornaments on the front cover are lacking.

(b) as in (a), but without publisher's name at foot of spine and with all edges cut, the top being unstained.

Of the Contents:-

Chap. IV of. "English" and "North American" Reviews (Nov., 1911).

IV.

OLD CALABRIA.

London: Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi
First published 1915 (title-page verso)

8 5/8 x 5 5/8. Green cloth; gilt lettering on spine, and gilt lettering and ornament on front cover. Top edges green, others trimmed. pp.viii+352. Frontispiece +31 plates (listed).

Published February, 1915; 1,000 copies were printed.

This is the most interesting bibliographical item in Mr. Douglas' works. There are three published variants to be found:-

(a) as above.

(b) as above, with a map of Calabria pasted inside front and back covers.

(c) as above, with 16 pages of publishers' advertisements after p.352. (The combination of map and advertisements does not occur.)

Mr. Muir who, in his Points 1874-1930, has posed the problem most fully and recently, concludes that (c) is the first issue, (b) the second, and (a) the third issue or a second state of the first. I am inclined to doubt this for the following reasons:-

(i) a review mentioned by Mr. Douglas on p.50 of Late Harvest calls attention to the poor quality of the maps of Calabria, and presumably review copies were the same as, or variants of, the first issue;

(ii) the list of advertisements after p.352 contains a number of books published in October and November, 1915, and even later. This might have no significance, but a note on p.2 of the list states, "The Books in this list should be obtainable from all Booksellers and Libraries, and if any difficulty is experienced the Publisher will be glad to be informed of the fact. He will also be glad if those interested in receiving from time to time Announcement Lists, Prospectuses, &c. of new and forthcoming books....will send their names and addresses to him for this purpose...." The list, then, is one of current, not future, publications; nevertheless, through optimism, one or two books might have crept in, which were subsequently delayed and were not actually available at the time stated. This might easily happen with books forming part of a series: thus, the "Art and Craft of Letters" series began in May, 1914, but "The Short Story" by Barry Pain and "The Lyric" by John Drinkwater were not published until November, 1915; again, a uniform edition of Henry James was started in April, 1915, but "The Death of The Lion", "The Coxon Fund" and "The Reverberator" were not published till November, 1915, and "The Altar of the Dead" not until September, 1916; lastly, a glaring example, the Complete Dramatic Works of G.Hauptmann - Vols I and II were published

10.

in September and October, 1913, Vols III and IV in July, 1914, and Vols V and VI not until October, 1919.

We are still left, however, with a number of books published in the autumn of 1915, which cannot be eliminated on these grounds. I content myself with four examples: "The Social History of Smoking" by G.L.Apperson and "The Art of Ballet" by M.E.Perugini published in November, and "Perfumes of Araby" by Harold Jacob and "Camille Desmoulins" by Violet Methley published in December. It seems unlikely to me that the publisher would have bound in those copies of Old Calabria issued in February his autumn list of current publications.

It is interesting to note here that the British Museum copy has the 16 pages of advertisements and was received by the Museum on 19th November, 1915.

From my evidence I conclude that the first issue of Old Calabria contained the maps inside the end covers; that it was decided to omit the maps in the second issue because of their faulty reproduction or for some other reason; that the second issue appeared in two variants (a) without advertisements, (b) with advertisements.

A few copies of this edition were prepared in a trial binding of brown buckram, which was later used in the fourth (illustrated) edition, 1926. They had neither advertisements nor end-maps. Since these copies were not issued, they do not affect my classification above.

### Of the Contents:-

Chap. III cf. "English Review" (Feb., 1914).

" X cf. "A Pioneer of Aviation" in "English" and "North American" Reviews (Jul., 1913).

Chap. XXI cf. "Another Source of Paradise Lost" in "Atlantic Monthly" (Nov., 1908).

Chap. XXVII and XXVIII cf. "The Brigands' Forest" in "Cornhill" (Feb., 1909).

Chap. XXIX cf. "Land of Chaos" in "Cornhill" (Sep., 1910).

" XXXI cf. "English Review" (Aug., 1914).

As Mr. Douglas notes in Late Harvest p. 48, Chap. III was issued as a separate book by the Windsor Press, San Francisco, 1929. Size duodecimo, bound in half buckram, pp.35, illustrated, it is limited to 225 copies signed by the author.

V

LONDON STREET GAMES.

London / The St. Catherine Press / Stamford Street, S.E.
First Published 1916 (title-page verso).

7½ x 5. Brown buckram; gilt lettering on spine and front
cover. Top edges gilt, other uncut. pp. [viii] + 164.

Published July, 1916.

Cf. "In Our Alley" in "English Review" (Nov., 1913).

Limited Edition.

London / Chatto and Windus / 1931

8½ x 5½. Half white buckram, decorated boards; gilt
lettering on spine. Top edges gilt, others uncut. pp. [4] +
xii+104.

Published May, 1931. Limited to 110 numbered copies,
signed by the author.

This edition is a revision of the first and has among
other additions a Preface and Index.

VI

SOUTH WIND.

London: Martin Secker
First Published March 1917 (title-page verso)

7⅞ x 4⅞. Brown cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp.464.

Despite the fact that the title-page verso says "First Published March 1917", I think there must have been some delay, since the E.C.B. gives "June, 1917" and the first review of "South Wind" appeared on 14th June, 1917. (This has since been confirmed by the publisher who informs me that the first bound copies were delivered for publication on 20th May. The reason for the delay is unknown). 997 copies were printed in the first impression; there were two more impressions in July & September, both dated.

There are two variants of the first impression: the top one is normal, the bottom one has the first two lines on p.335 transposed.

According to the publishers there were no more than 9 copies

printed thus and they were issued simultaneously with variant (a).

Limited Edition.

London: Martin Secker
1922 (title-page verso)

8¼ x 5⅝. Dark blue cloth; gilt lettering on spine, six
pairs of gilt parallel lines on front and back covers. Top
and bottom edges cut, fore unopened and trimmed. pp. [iv]+464.

Published December, 1922; printed on large blue paper
from the same type-setting as the 1917 edition; there are,
however, a few verbal differences between the two. Limited
to 150 copies, numbered and signed by the author.

13.

VII

THEY WENT.

London / Chapman & Hall, Limited / 1920

7 1/2 x 4 3/4. Light red cloth; black lettering on spine and front cover. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp. [vi] + 250.

Published September, 1920.

Variant (a) is as above and consisted of some dozen travellers' copies. Variant (b), in all other details the same, is bound in lilac cloth and has dark lilac lettering on spine and front cover.

VIII

ALONE

London/Chapman & Hall, Ltd / 1921

8 7/8 x 5 1/8. Dark red cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp. [viii]+280. Erratum slip p. 157.

Published November, 1921.

The second issue omits the Postscript on p.140, 11.7-10, "When in Rome.....thimbleful." This new leaf is, as far as I know, always a cancel.

Most of the chapters were published previously in the "Anglo-Italian Review":-
"Introduction" cf. "Tribulations of a Patriot" (Mar., 1920).
"Levanto" cf. "At Levanto" and "Going South" (Jun.& Jul., 1919).
"Siena" cf. "A Traveller of the Twenties" I (Aug., 1918).
"Viareggio (February)" cf. "Corisanico" (Aug., 1919).
"Viareggio (May)" cf. "Viareggio" (Apr., 1919).
"Rome" (1) cf. "Roman Hours" I & II (Nov. and Dec., 1918).
"Olevano" cf. "A Traveller of the Twenties" II and "Summer in Olevano" (Sept. and Oct., 1918).
"Valmontone" cf. "To Valmontone" (Aug., 1920).
"Rome" (2) cf. "Roman Hours" III (Jan., 1919).
"Soriano" cf. "Soriano" (May, 1919).
"Alatri" cf. "Alatri" and "Ferento" (Feb. and Mar., 1919).

IX.

TOGETHER.

London / Chapman and Hall, Ltd / 1923

Trade Edition.

8 5/8 x 5 1/2. Dark red cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp. [viii] + 248. 2 plates (not listed) facing pp. 8 and 148.

2,000 copies were printed, of which 1,650 were bound and 350 in sheets were taken over by Chatto and Windus.

Limited Edition.

10 x 6 1/2. Red buckram; gilt lettering on spine. Top edges gilt, fore and bottom uncut. pp. [viii] + 248. 2 plates (not listed) facing pp. 8 and 148.

Limited to 275 numbered copies, signed by the author.
Printed on unbleached Arnold handmade paper.

Both editions were published simultaneously 25th Sept-
ember, 1923.

Of the Contents:-

"Introduction" cf. "In An Alpine Village" in "Nation and Athenaeum" (30 Jun., and 21 Jul., 1923).

"Fatner Bruhin" cf. "Fortnightly Review" (Aug., 1923).

"Gamsboden" cf. "Nation and Athenaeum" (4 Aug., 1923).

X.

16.

EXPERIMENTS.

Limited Edition.

Privately Printed/1925

QPL10 1/2 x 7 1/2. Biscuit-coloured boards; white paper label with black lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, others uncut. pp. 232.

Published March, 1925; limited to 300 copies, numbered and signed by the author.

McDonald's Bibliography describes the binding as "oyster-white"; the only copy I have examined, my own, is a light biscuit colour, nor is this due to discolouration.

Of the Contents:-

"Arabia Deserta" cf. "London Mercury" (May, 1921).

"The Correct Thing" cf. "The Psychological Moment" in "Unprofessional Tales".

"Blind Guides" cf. "English Review" (May, 1913).

"At The Forge" cf. "The Forge" in "English Review" (Sep., 1912).

"Edgar Allen Poe" cf. "Putnam's Magazine" (Jan., 1909).

"Belladonna" cf. "Unprofessional Tales".

"Nocturne" cf. "Unprofessional Tales".

"Intellectual Nomadism" cf. "North American Review" (Apr., 1911), 4

"Aspects of Russia" in "English Review" (Jan., 1915).

"The Last Word" cf. "The Ignoble" in "Unprofessional Tales", and

"The Last Word" by Albany Clifford in "Ideas" (10 Nov., 1916).

"A Mad Englishman" cf. "English" and "North American" Reviews (Sep., 1913).

"Queer!" cf. "A Mystery" in "Unprofessional Tales", "Something from the Beyond" by E.F.Lyubin in "Ideas" (21 Apr., 1916), and
"Queer!" in "Vanity Fair" (Jan., 1925).

"Anacreontic" cf. "Unprofessional Tales".

The various book-reviews appeared in the following
"English Reviews" - Feb., May, Nov., 1912; Apr., May, Jun.,
Aug., Oct., Nov., Dec., 1913; Jun., Nov., Dec., 1914; Sep.,
1915; Jan., 1916; May, 1921.

Trade Edition - English.

Chapman / and Hall Ld / London MCMXXV

8 5/8 x 5 1/2. Dark red cloth; gilt lettering on spine; publisher's device in blind on front. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp. [viii]+268.

Published 27th October, 1925; 1,000 copies were printed and bound.

This edition omits the Book-reviews contained in the Limited Edition, and adds instead "Postscript", a version of the D.H.Lawrence and Maurice Magnus" pamphlet with new material in foot-notes, and with two slight omissions.

Trade Edition - American.

New York / Robert M. McBride & Company / 1925

Published, October, 1925 (title-page verso)

8 1/2x5 1/2. Half navy-blue cloth, steel-blue boards; gilt lettering on spine, dark-blue lettering on front cover. Top and bottom edges cut, fore uncuts, pp. [viii] + 264.

This edition contains all the contents of the privately printed edition and the "Postscript" of the English one as well.

XI

BIRDS AND BEASTS OF THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY.

Privately Printed / 1927.

8¼x5½. Pale blue boards; white paper label with black lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, others uncut. pp.220. Frontispiece + two small plates pasted on pp.42 and 121 (none listed).

Published November, 1927; printed in Florence by the Tipografia Giuntina. Limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author.

Trade Edition.

Chapman / and Hall Ld.

First Published, March 1928 (title verso)

7¾x5½. Rough light brown cloth; dark red paper label with gilt lettering on spine, and "Chapman & Hall" printed in red at foot. Top edges dark red, others trimmed. pp.viii+216.

There was a delay in publication and the book was not issued until 17th April, 1928. 1,425 copies were printed, of which 750 were bound as above. Later the edition was remaindered, and the other 675 copies form a second issue which is found in two variants:-

(a) glazed light grey cloth; black lettering within black single-line square on spine, and "Chapman & Hall" in black at foot. All edges cut. Slip tipped in at title-page stating that the book is now published by Chatto & Windus.

(b) dark blue cloth; gilt lettering within gilt single-line square on spine, and "London" in gilt at foot. Top edges blue, others trimmed.

This edition contains corrections and some material not included in the limited one.

XII

IN THE BEGINNING.

Privately Printed / 1927

8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Decorated boards; black leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, others uncut. pp. 260.

Published December, 1927; printed in Florence by the Tipografia Gimtina. Limited to 700 copies, numbered and signed by the author. There may be two or three copies on blue paper (L.H.p.22).

Trade Edition

New York / The John Day Company

First Published, May, 1928 / Printed in the U.S.A. (title-page verso)

7 1/2 x 5 1/2. Half white parchment, decorated boards; black lettering on spine. All edges cut. pp. 312.

The British Museum copy, with its "Chatto and Windus" imprint pasted over the "John Day" imprint, was lodged there in order to secure copyright; no such copies were imported for sale. The first "Chatto and Windus" edition was published in September, 1928, and consisted of 2,500 copies.

In no editions are there numbers or headings to the chapters. Of the contents:-

[Chap. 16-17] cf. "A Fragment" in "The First Edition and Book Collector" (Sept.-Oct., 1924) and also in "Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers" (Dijon, 1925).

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XIV

ONE DAY.

The Hours Press / Chapelle-Réauville /Eure France/1929

Variant (a):-

10 x 6¼. Full red calf; gilt lettering on front cover.
Top and fore edges cut, bottom uncut.pp. [vi] + 58. Front-
ispiece + 1 plate, both of author, and double photos of author
in temple at Bassae inside both ends, (none listed).

Limited to 200 numbered copies on Vélin de Rives paper,
signed by the author.

Variant (b):-

9¾ x 6¼. Reddish brown boards; gilt lettering on front
cover. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed.pp. [iv] + 60.
Frontispiece + 1 plate, both of author, (not listed).

Limited to 300 numbered copies on Verge paper.

Published June, 1929.

XV

HOW ABOUT EUROPE?
Some Footnotes On East and West.

Privately Printed / 1929

7⅞ x 5¼. Decorated boards; white paper label with black lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, fore unopened and trimmed, bottom uncut. pp.224.

Published late 1929; printed in Florence by the Tipografia Classica. Limited to 550 copies, numbered and signed by the author; two copies on blue paper (L.H.p.22).

Trade Edition.

London / Chatto and Windus / 1930.

7⅜ x 4¾. Orange cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Top edges orange, fore cut, bottom trimmed.pp.[viii]+264.

Published May, 1930; 3,000 copies were printed.

Of the Contents:-

pp.260-264 cf. "Leading Article" in "The London Aphrodite" No.5.
(Apr., 1929).

23.

XVI

THREE OF THEM.

3/8 x 4 7/8. Royal blue cloth; gilt lettering on spine. All edges cut. pp. [viii]+240. 4pp. of advertisements after p.240.

Published February, 1930; 2,000 copies were printed.

Variant (a), as above, were review copies; variant (b) lacks the 4 pp. of advertisements.

This book contains three pieces which had been published separately before :-

(1) "One Day".

(11) "Merinda".

(iii) "On The Herpetology of the Grand Ducy of Baden" - incorporating the ms. note and correction from the British Museum pamphlet and other negligible variations.

XVII

CAPRI
MATERIALS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND.

G.Orioli 6, Lungarno Corsini Florence / 1930.

Variant (a):-

11 5/8 x 8 1/2. Sky-blue canvas; blue leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, fore unopened and trimmed, bottom uncut. pp.xvi+368. Portrait of author signed, + frontispiece, + 22 full-page plates, + 2 small plates (not listed) pasted on pp.57 and 78.

Limited to 100 subscribers (names on pp.v-vi). Printed on Binda handmade paper; two copies on blue paper.

Variant (b):-

10x7. Half sky-blue canvas, sky-blue boards; blue leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Top edges unopened, fore unopened and trimmed, bottom uncut. pp.xvi + 368. Frontispiece + 22 full-page plates, + 2 small plates (not listed) pasted on pp. 57 and 78.

Limited to 525 copies, numbered and signed by the author (p.v).

Published July, 1930, as No.3 in the Lungarno Series.

This book contains the eight pamphlets on Capri, published 1904-15. A Preface has been added and there are a few slight revisions.

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XIX

SUMMER ISLANDS.
Ischia and Ponga.

Desmond Harmsworth / 44 Great Russell Street / London, W.C.1

Variant (a):-

7¼ x 4¾. Dark blue cloth. Top edges claret, fore and bottom cut. pp. 80. Frontispiece, annotated in bottom right-hand corner "Frontispiece / to Summer Islands" (not listed). Title-page verso blank; colophon on p. 80, "Made and Printed in Great Britain by the Kemp Hall Press Ltd. / in the City of Oxford". Paper whiter than in (b); no chain-lines. (British Museum copy thus.)

Variant (b):-

7⅞ x 4⅞. Dark blue cloth; white paper label with blue lettering on spine (duplicate after p. 80). Top edges claret, fore cut, bottom trimmed. pp. 80. Frontispiece (with no annotation and not listed). Imprint lacks ", W.C.1". Title-page verso has at top: "Summer Islands By Norman Douglas Was / First Published In MCMXXXI By Desmond / Harmsworth At 44 Great Russell St./W.C.1 And Was Made And Printed / In Great Britain By The / Kemp Hall Press, Ltd. / In The City Of / Oxford"; and in the centre: "Of the first edition 500 copies only / are numbered: this is number...." No colophon. Paper has chain-lines.

Variant (c) is like (b) but omits the two lines in the centre of the title-page verso, "Of....number...."

Published November, 1931.

Of the contents:-

"Isle of Typhoeus" cf. "English Review" (Feb., 1909). p. 39, 1.5, "Not a mile..." to p. 42, fin, "...in his true perspective." cf. paragraphs in "Siren Land", *Chap.xiii*. "Islands of Oblivion" cf. "English Review" (Apr., 1913).

Limited Edition.

The Colophon MCMXXXI New York

Completed by the Pynson Printers of New York in November, 1931 (colophon).

10¼ x 7½. Blue cloth; orange lettering on spine, orange lettering and design on front cover. Top edges orange, others uncut. pp. [1] + 52 + [1]. Woodcut on title-page and 8 reproductions of pen and ink sketches by H. Willard (not listed).

Limited to 550 numbered copies, signed by the author.

I have been unable to discover the exact date of publication of either of these editions. I assume that the English edition was earlier for three reasons:-

XX

LOOKING BACK.
An Autobiographical Excursion.

London / Chatto and Windus / 1933

2 volumes.

9 1/2 x 6 3/8. Half red buckram, decorated boards; gilt lettering on spine. Top edges gilt, fore unopened and trimmed, bottom uncut. Vol. I pp. xii+1-268+[4]; 4 plates (listed). Vol. II pp. vii+269-528+[4]; 4 plates (listed).

Published April, 1933. Limited to 535 copies, numbered and signed by the author. A single-volume trade edition was printed from the same type-setting and published in 1934.

Trade Edition.

Harcourt, Brace and Company / New York

8 1/2 x 5 3/4. Brown linen; aluminium lettering on spine. Top and bottom edges trimmed, fore uncut. pp. viii 432; 8 plates (listed).

Published 27th. April, 1933; 3,900 copies were printed.

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XXI

AN ALMANAC.

2 Chatto (and) Windus / in association with / Martin Secker
(and) Warburg / Limited
1945 (title-page verso)

8x5. Yellow cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Top and fore edges cut, bottom trimmed. pp. [iv] + 84. Decorations by Enid Marx.

This was the first published edition (November, 1945) and consisted of 4,250 copies. In 1941 the author had had privately printed at the Livraria Portugalia, Lisbon, 25 copies, bound in boards with morocco spines, as gifts for his friends. There are some small differences between the two versions (cf. Preface to 1945 edition).

30.

XXII

LATE HARVEST.

Lindsay Drummond / London

First published / 1946 (title-page verso)

8⅜ x 5¾. Dark tan cloth; gilt lettering and design on spine, gilt design on front cover. All edges cut. pp. viii+132.

Published November, 1946; 5,771 copies were printed.

Of the Contents:-

"Appendix A" reprints "Summer Islands" with a few omissions and the addition of a Postscript at the end of "Isle of Typhoeus".

"Appendix B" reprints the Book-reviews from the limited edition of "Experiments" with eight omissions.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS.

I

WOMEN AND MORALITY. (Laurentian Publishers, Chicago. 1914)
This book contains three essays and an introduction by
various hands.)

<Mr. Douglas' contribution appears anonymously on pp.35-63:
"Men and Morals" By a Father. This was a watered-down version
of an article originally in "English Review" (Aug., 1913).

II

THAT CAPRI AIR, by Edwin Cerio (London / Wm. Heinemann Ltd
New York / Harper & Brothers)

This is a translation by various hands of Signor Cerio's
book Aria di Capri, published at Naples in 1926. Mr. Douglas
translated the chapter, "Certosina": A Digestive Liqueur (pp.
155-167).

April A limited large paper and an ordinary edition were published in 1929, the former consisting of 530 numbered copies, 250 of which were for sale in the U.K. and 250 in the U.S.A.

GIAN GASTONE - THE

THE LAST OF THE MEDICI. by Harold Acton (London / W. M. Heinemann Ltd)
Mr. Douglas contributed the Introduction. The edition was
limited to 365 copies, signed by both Mr. Acton and Mr. Douglas.

IV

& NEGRO Anthology Made By Nancy Cunard 1931-1933 (Wishart Co., London. 1934)

Mr. Douglas contributed "A Letter about Arusha" (Florence,
22 September, 1931) and 6 photographs (pp. 645-647).

UNPUBLISHED MSS.

I

THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT. (1896-9) Folio. pp. 325. Five versions.

II

A TALE OF ELBA. (Summer 1897) Folio, decorated boards. pp. 106 (14 only now intact; others slashed and cut). Written in collaboration with Marion Crawford.

III

LOVE AMONG RUINS. (Spring 1928) 50 chapters (unfinished).

These three mss. are all mentioned in "Looking Back".

IV#

VENUS IN THE KITCHEN, or Love's Cookery Book. by Pilaff
Bey. Over 200 recipes collected and introduced by Norman Douglas
with a coloured frontispiece by D.H.Lawrence.