The Song of Songs: And other stories

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FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no. 875 of 900 for sale, plus another 100 signed and specially bound. 8vo, pp. 53, [1] + b/w frontis portrait, captioned: 'Rhys Davies./ By William Roberts.' Buff marbled wrappers, front panel and spine lettered in black. Tanned, stained and foxed, edgewear, pushing to spine ends, corners curling, short closed tear to head of spine, edges foxed, and into front matter. Shaken, staining to bottom corner of frontis, signed by Davies in blue ink to title page. A robust copy of Davies' first book, which, through its illustrator and publisher, attests to his close and significant association with the milieu of the Lahrs' Progressive Bookshop. Good Comprising: 'A Gift of Death', 'The Sisters', 'Mrs Evans Number 6', 'History', 'The Lily' & 'The Song of Songs', the collection was published by Charles and Esther Lahr, owners of The Progressive Bookshop at 68-69 Red Lion Street, London. "E. Archer" was Esther's anglicised maiden name (after Argeband) and was deployed, apparently, "to counter anti-German prejudice and for tax purposes." (Stephens, 2013). The Lahrs also published The New Coterie Magazine, in which Davies' first stories appeared, including 'A Gift of Death', 'The Sisters' and 'Mrs Evans Number 6'. Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, who chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales and especially women's lives, including, in his later career, lesbians. He is known predominantly for his short stories. Davies met William Roberts through The New Coterie Magazine and they became friends. Alongside the portrait of Davies, Roberts also designed the wonderful monochrome dust jacket for Davies' first novel, The Withered Root (1927), which was typed up by and dedicated to Lahr. The artist was a signatory of the Vorticist manifesto and his work featured in Blast; he later referred to himself as an 'English Cubist'. N° de ref. del artículo 2557

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