Restoration Love Songs. by Hadfield, John (editor)

Preston near Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Cupid Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very good/good. Whistler, Rex. xx, 153p. Bookstore label of front pastedown, foldout frontispiece creased, clear jacket is chipped on top of spine. Collection of 115 English poems from the Restoration period. Six hundred and sixty copies have been printed of which this is number 325. 6 b&w plates by Rex Whistler with tissue guards present. (9-1/4"x5-3/4")

Hertfordshire: The Cupid Press, 1950. Limited edition number 304 out of 600. Binding is very well preserved. Pages are otherwise clean, images protected with greaseproof type paper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright throughout. MB. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Whistler, Rex. Used.

British: Cupid Press, 1950. 153 pages. Square and solid with slightly warped covers, else covers show light wear. Copy # 261 of 660 total printed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cupid Press, Hertfordshire, 1950. 8vo, 153pp, tinted frontispiece, black and white illustrations, top edge gilt. A very good hardback copy. . Number 265 in a limited edition of 660 copies. .

The Cupid Press, 1950. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Cupid Press, 1950. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Limited edition, this is number 410 of 650 copies printed. Book in very good condition in quarter cloth binding with marbled paper to boards. Some wear and rubbing. Top edge gilt and uncut edges to paper. Internally clean, binding is tight. Decorations by Rex Whistler. 153 pages.

Preston: The Cupid Press, 1950. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 6" by 9". None. A collection of Restoration Love Songs edited by John Hadfield. Includes a fold-out frontispiece with blue and grey ink and plates and illustrations throughout. A first edition limited copy, this is number 233 of 660. John Hadfield was a British author who is best known for his 1959 novel 'Love on a Branch Line'. In a half cloth binding with paper boards. Externally, excellent. Minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine

Preston : Cupid Press, 1950. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Rex Whistler. A charming anthology comprising of lyrics dedicated to love from the period of 1660 to 1714. Limited first edition of 650 copies of which this is number 586. Illustrated throughout, featuring decorative head and tail pieces by Rex Whistler, and a coloured folding frontispiece. Among the poets represented are Dryden, the Earl of Rochester, and Congreve. Poets such as Richard Leigh and Philip Ayres are "restored in this collection to a position worthier of their merits." Describing his editorial aims, Hadfield writes "If I have brought one or two minor poets and anonymous lyrics out of the shadows, and given a more general view of a literary landscape in which four or five notable figures have hitherto been the conspicuous features, I am content." In a half buckram binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with only light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound, exceptionally bright and… Read More

Hertfordshire, England: Cupid Press. Very Good+. 1950. Hardcover. In original, tatted clear mylar DJ ; Signed and inscribed by editor to renowned folklorists and book collectors, Peter and Iona Opie. Also laid in is a 1951 typed/signed letter from John Masefield to Peter Opie regarding the 1951 Festival of Britain Book Exhibition organized by Masefield. Hardback (blue cloth spine/marbled boards) , TEG, deckled foredge. Foldout color frontispiece. Collection of poems by various poets. Limited edition (no. 80 of 660 copies); 8vo (9.1 X 4.5 X 0.7 inches); 153 pages; Signed by Editor .

Preston (HRT) : Cupid Press, 1950. First edition : limited to 660 numbered copies on mould-made paper. A fine and unnusual selection of 114 seventeenth-century lyrics - Aphra Behn; William Congreve; Sir William Davenant; John Dryden; Thomas D'Urfey; Sir George Etherege; George Farquhar; John Oldmixon; Thomas Otway; Sir Charles Sedley; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - but most impressive for some remarkably fine and little-known poems from lesser and even anonymous poets. With an absorbing introduction and extensive notes by Hadfield. Beautifully produced and with illustrations by Rex Whistler. Medium 8vo (232 x 139mm). xx,(154),[ii]pp. Folding coloured collotype frontispiece and monochrome collotype illustrations by Whistler; bound in a stylish recent half burgundy morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; marbled sides; partially erased stamp to verso of title-page; faint crease to frontispiece, but a very good and most attractive copy.