The Glass Tower [with] Typed Letter Signed.

£975 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

This collection of Moore's poems was the first book to be illustrated by Freud. Published in the same year as Freud's first solo exhibition, the illustrations at hand include a number of motifs that Freud would revisit; an interesting record of his early work. Together with a 2pp. TLS, dated 1962, addressed to one 'Marion' and is full of reminiscences of mutual friends and family. First edition, first impression; 8vo; 6 plates, including 2 in colour, small vignettes throughout, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper; publisher's cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine, design by Freud in yellow to upper cover, with the unclipped dust-jacket with some neat internal repairs.

• Binding: Hardcover

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