A Ballad of the Night and Other Poems, by George Bealby.
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£600.00

[London]: Printed for private circulation by Parkins & Son.. n.d. [c1909].

Presentation copy. First edition. 214x136mm. pp. 53 [3]. Dark grey buckram, paper label to upper cover, lettered in dark blue. In a grey paper wrapper with an address label to "Gunner Stanley Collins" at an army address in France. On the front free endpaper is the inscription: "October 8th 1918. To Stanley Collins - A much greater Artist than I can ever hope to be, but who may, nevertheless like to read these Poems, sent by his old friend. The Author". Some foxing and hinges cracked but holding.
Sold with A Ballad of the Night. pp [10, 2bl]. Bound in vellum wrappers (133x114mm) and tied with a blue silk ribbon. Printed
dedication "To the Author of "Amoris Victima". A small tribute from a great admirer of his poetic genius. May 1909". This is a reference to Arthur Symons. Some foxing, and marking to the edges of the covers and a small closed tear to the fore-edge of the upper cover. Both of these books appear to be unrecorded.
And sold with Collins's Card Conceits by Stanley Collins. London: The Kent & Surrey Press. n.d. pp. 48 [4pp adverts]. Printed dedication to "George Bealby. A cultured critic and beloved friend". Toning to covers and slight fraying to edges and a tear to top right corner. Slightly foxed.
A nice little collection of books linking Bealby and Collins. Bealby (1877-1931) was an actor and writer. In 1902, he married the actress Mabel Beardsley who was the sister of Aubrey. Stanley Collins (1881-1966) was a celebrated magician, regarded as one of the finest conjurors of the early twentieth century.