PIPER, John (b. 1903). Brighton Aquatints, [edited by Lord Alfred Douglas], London, Duckworth, 1939, oblong 2°, number 42 of 55 signed copies with each of 12 aquatints hand-coloured by the artist, with an additional hand-coloured aquatint of Brunswick Square, signed by Piper, loosely-inserted, original cloth-backed marbled boards, with a letter from the artist to John Arlott, dated Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, Nr. Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, July 30, 1942, also loosely-inserted; and another copy of the same work with uncoloured plates, signed by Piper on front free endpaper, together in blue morocco-backed slipcase.

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PIPER, John (b. 1903). Brighton Aquatints, [edited by Lord Alfred Douglas], London, Duckworth, 1939, oblong 2°, number 42 of 55 signed copies with each of 12 aquatints hand-coloured by the artist, with an additional hand-coloured aquatint of Brunswick Square, signed by Piper, loosely-inserted, original cloth-backed marbled boards, with a letter from the artist to John Arlott, dated Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, Nr. Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, July 30, 1942, also loosely-inserted; and another copy of the same work with uncoloured plates, signed by Piper on front free endpaper, together in blue morocco-backed slipcase.
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In the above letter, Piper apologises for "not returning the books before ... I have been negligent about important things such as your parcel." He says he is now sending the books, "together with a proof of an aquatint for Brunswick Square which I prepared as a spare illustration for the hand-coloured edition in case anything went wrong with any of the plates during printing. Nothing did go wrong, so this illustration does not ordinarily appear." He concludes, "With, once again, many thanks for your kindly appreciation, and good wishes to yourself, and for the future of your library."

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