Fable Love by Chubb Ralph (3 results)

First edition, first issue. Printed wrappers. Last leaf and verso of frontispiece lightly spotted, else a nice copy, in cloth folder. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, hand-printed by Chubb's brother; this copy unnumbered, as often. About half the edition was later bound in linen-backed boards.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A romantic poem. Designed and decorated with woodcuts by the author. Grey wrappers. Some spotting to endpapers, covers slightly creased at edges, else very nice copy. Privately printed by the author. One of 200 numbered copies initialled by the author. His third book. Signed by Author(s).…

Curridge, R.N. Chubb, 1925. Original grey wrappers printed in green. 48 p. With three woodcuts plus a little woodcut vignette on the cover. Paper with deckle edges. Printed in 200 numbered copies (#109), signed with the author's initials 'R.N.C.'. First edition. Edges of the projecting wrappers a bit creased. A few vague foxing spots on the outermost text leaves, otherwise fine. A long poem (636 lines) by Ralph Chubb, illustrated by himself, about the question of carnal love between a mighty warrior, a sixteen-year old boy and a girl. Printed on the printing press built from an old carpenter's workbench with some crude pieces of wood cut by Ralph Chubb, helped by his brother Lawrence (and that shows, in irregular inking and printing). Numbered and signed with Chubb's initials.…