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Lot 66
Chubb, Ralph N. Water Cherubs A Book of Original Drawings & Poetry. #7/24 Numbered Copies
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
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Chubb, Ralph N. Water Cherubs A Book of Original Drawings & Poetry
Fair Oak, Kingsclere Woodlands, Hants.: Published by the Author, 1936. First and limited edition, #7/24 numbered copies (from a total edition of 30). 4to. 26 leaves. Completely printed and illustrated in lithography, on rectos only, on hand-made paper, by Chubb. Three-quarter dark green niger over black cloth-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, extremities and joints rubbed; all edges untrimmed. Original pictorial prospectus and order form laid in. Reid A12b
A rare first edition of this finely self-published work by Ralph Chubb, completely printed in lithography, one of only 30 copies produced. Chubb was a pioneering spirit in promoting these uniquely conceived hand-made private press books, mixing his texts with prose and poetry, the heroic and pseudo-religious, combined with free-spirited illustrations highly influenced by William Blake. A landmark in LGBTQ+ literature, Water Cherubs is generally considered the best designed and illustrated work in the author's oeuvre.
Rare to auction, according to RBH this is the first copy offered since 1985.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.