Nicholas Crabbe or, The One and the Many. A Romance . with an introduction by Cecil Woolf and an Appendix of Letters from Sholto Douglas to Fr. Rolfe

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1960

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First edition, limited issue, with Appendix. No. 12 of 215 copies. vi, [2], 272 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the editior on the flyleaf, "For his friend C. R. Dawes, with best wishes from the editor, Cecil Woolf, London March 23rd 60". The appendix, pp. 251-272, includes selections from the more than 300 pages of letters written by Sholto Douglas to Rolfe from March to August 1902. The limited edition was delayed in production. Publication day was 24 March 1960. C.R. Dawes was Charles Dawes, who skirmished with Rolfe in in Notes and Queries, March to May 1902. Woolf's Bibliography records Rolfe's "acrimonious reply" to Dawes' letter challenging point in Chronicles of the House of Borgia (C81) and a further reply (C84), while observing "Dawes answered this letter in the issue of 31 May and had the last word.". Wolff A16b Green cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g. Fine copy in slipcase as issued First edition, limited issue, with Appendix. No. 12 of 215 copies.

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Title
Nicholas Crabbe or, The One and the Many. A Romance . with an introduction by Cecil Woolf and an Appendix of Letters from Sholto Douglas to Fr. Rolfe
Author
Rolfe, Frederick, Baron Corvo
Publisher
Chatto & Windus, London
Publication year
1960
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vi, [2], 272 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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1st Edition
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