Autumn leaves : two fragments

Title
  1. Autumn leaves : two fragments / written, illustrated and lithographed by Ralph Chubb.
Published by
  1. Ashford Hill, Berks : The Author, 1940.
Author
  1. Chubb, Ralph (Ralph Nicholas), 1892-1960.

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FormatTextAccessPermit neededCall numberBerg Coll+ Chubb A98 1940Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description
  1. [18] p. : ill. (some col.); 32 cm
Subject
  1. Men > Pictorial works
  2. Spirituality > Philosophy
  3. Industrial revolution > Great Britain > Polemical literature
  4. Immanence of God
  5. Gay authors > Great Britain
  6. Homosexuality > Mythology
  7. Artists’ books > Great Britain > 20th century
Genre/Form
  1. Artists’ books – Great Britain – 20th century.
Call number
  1. Berg Coll+ Chubb A98 1940
Note
  1. A posthumously published collection of 14 page-length lithographed illustrations by Chubb, intended for publication in his unpublished masterpiece, The Child of Dawn. The publisher has collected the original images, consisting of seventeen pages originally completed in 1940, and presented them with a brief introduction.
  2. In slate blue wrappers with title printed on front, and with letterpress title page and introduction.
  3. " ... prepared as opening pages for his ... The child of dawn."
  4. "The edition comprises 39 copies in all. Nine are lettered A to I ; six (lacking pages 7 and 8) are lettered J to O ; the remainder (lacking also the three-page fragment 'The Boy Scouts of Maidstone') are numbered 1 to 24."
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Author
  1. Chubb, Ralph (Ralph Nicholas), 1892-1960.
Title
  1. Autumn leaves : two fragments / written, illustrated and lithographed by Ralph Chubb.
Imprint
  1. Ashford Hill, Berks : The Author, 1940.
Access
  1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
Local note
  1. Berg Collection copy is H; with seven additional full-page lithographed leaves (1 singleton, 4 bifolia) from Autumn Leaves and a bifolium printed on rectos from unidentified work (begins, “Sir Lyam Leall or The Knight of the Holy Flame”), laid-in.
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Added author
  1. Chubb, Ralph (Ralph Nicholas), 1892-1960. Child of dawn.
Research call number
  1. Berg Coll+ Chubb A98 1940
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