£1,800
TARKA THE OTTER: AUTHOR'S SPECIAL COPY: the annotated first draft for the privately printed 1927 edition of Tarka the Otter, later released in an issue of 100 copies: with 4pp prospectus tipped in at front, inscribed by Williamson in red ink 'This is No.1 of the Private Emigrants Edition, of which there is only one copy. Made in Skirr Cottage on 7th Jul 1927...': 8vo, crudely bound in brown boards with cloth spine, further inscribed to backstrip 'Private Emigrants Edition' and 'PS the glue isn't: the darned stuff is 'size' after all. BLAST and BEWARE!', with printed Georgeham label and owl device to front cover, further inscribed by Williamson 'Bibliographical Note and Warning...this very extra special first (glue) edition of Tarka the Otter was made in exasperation, fingers, clothes, hair, ear those all in contact, while Pie and her kitten were eating Ida's very special supper of egg stuffed with last night's sardine-remnant. During the confusion, the fact escaped the author-binder that the leaves HEREIN were loose and unstitched. So beware!!! Open carefully lest the bag of tricks falleth apart. Prize this first & sole copy of the first edition: it will be worth much gold in the (?) to come!!': with occasional further marginalia in ink and pencil at points throughout, contents shaken, front and rear 'endpapers' formed of specimen pages from the subsequent limited edition. (1)
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