In Praise of Bishop Valentine.

£140 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Printed at the Chiswick Press for Frank E. Bliss, who provides an introduction, and who presumably also edited this anthology of Valentinian poetry. Le Gallienne’s contribution is an essay on Valentine verse, and is written specifically for the book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to an unidentified recipient “To Fanny Browne / from / Frank Bliss Esq. / on Valentine’s Day – / 1925.“ Le Gallienne contributed the introduction, “St. Valentine,“ pp. [1]-32. A fine copy, lacking part of one lower tie.

• Year: 1893

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