HUGHES-STANTON, Blair. ~ Epithalamion. A poem by Ida Graves.
No. 78 of 280 copies on Basingwerk Parchment, only half of which were bound at the time as here. 23 full page wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Printed in Blado italic. Tall folio, original green paper covered boards, printed paper spine label. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy.
This book was printed by Hughes-Stanton and Graves at their Gemini Press in 1934. Hughes-Stanton who had left his wife Gertrude Hermes to join Ida but her husband denied her a divorce. These 23 poems and the phenomenal accompanying wood engravings are a celebration of the star-crossed lovers.
Only half of the edition was bound at the time, the remaining sheets were later bound and issued under the Basilisk Press imprint in 1980 with additional material.