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Mister Bosphorus and the muses, or, A short history of poetry in Britain : variety entertainment in four acts / words by Ford Madox Ford ; music by several popular composers with harlequinade, transformation scene, cinematograph effects, and many other novelties as well as old and tried favorites ; decorated with designs engraved on wood by Paul Nash.

Accession number
PML 135333
Creator
Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939.
Published
London : Duckworth & Co., 3 Henrietta Street, [1923]
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
"Published 1923"--T.p. verso.
"Of this edition of Mister Bosphorus and the Muses, printed on rag paper and with six of the designs by Paul Nash on tinted handmade paper, 70 copies only have been printed, and numbered and signed by the artist, of which 60 copies are for sale throughout the world"--T.p. verso.
Library has no. 1.
"Made and printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury"--T.p. verso.
Description
126 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature of Thomas Balston on front flyleaf.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Decorative cloth.
Classification
Department