Charles Ricketts — Unrecorded Histories

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Poet and artist Cecil French's copy of this limited edition first edition collection of short prose pieces by Charles Ricketts, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this limited edition work, one of 950 copies produced.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with six plates by the author. Collated, complete.A collection of tales and vignettes reflecting Ricketts's interest in mythic and symbolic subjects, with titles including 'The Transit of the Gods', 'A Morning in Spring', and 'The New God&apos.The copy of Cecil French, an artist and art collector known for his 1922 poetry collection 'Between Sun and Moon', and with French's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Inscription to front free endpaper. Significant closed tears to dust wrapper front wrap head and tail, with losses to back strip head and tail, and with handling marks to head of rear wrap. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and rear wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Charles Ricketts. Fine/Good.