Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

6 c EDWARD CARPENTER (1844-1929) Woman, and her Place in a Free Society * Sex-Love, and Its Place in a Free Society * An Unknown People. Together, 3 pamphlets bound in 1. 8vo, contemporary gilt-lettered brown cloth, faded; scattered foxing. The first two titles printed in Manchester, England: The Labour Press Society Limited, 1894; “An Unknown People, Reprinted from the Reformer.” London: Bonner, 1897. [600/900] The English poet, socialist and philosopher Edward Carpenter was an early advocate for equality. His work influenced Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, among many others. 7 c EDWARD CARPENTER (1844-1929) Group of 3 Presentation Copies . 8vo, publisher’s cloth gilt, very good, further notes below. London, vd. [500/750] Narcissus and Other Poems. Spine leaning, bound by Burn & Co. with their ticket. First edition. Inscribed to: “William Ashmore from his friend the author June 1890.” 1873 * Angels’ Wings . Scattered mild staining to covers, endleaves browned. Fourth edition. Inscribed to: “Wilson Plant from his friend E.C. 5 July 1915.” 1913 * Pagan and Christian Creeds. Their Origin and Meaning . Dust jacket torn with loss to head and foot of spine panel not touching letters, unevenly toned and spotted, endpapers browned. First edition. Inscribed in the year of publication “To my dear friend Léon Bazalgitte from Ed. Carpenter 20 May 1920.” 6 7