Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

44 c RALPH CHUBB (1892-1960) Manhood, a Poem, Designed and Engraved by the Author . Woodcut frontispiece, 7 small illustrations, plus colophon, title, and wrapper decorations. Type set by Ethel Chubb. Original printed wrappers, some light marginal toning and edgewear, light scattered foxing. Privately printed: Curridge, Berkshire, February 1924 [600/900] one of 200 copies of the first issue of chubb ’ s first book , privately printed at Curridge, Berkshire, February 1924, by the author’s brother, Lawrence Chubb, on the hand-press he made for himself. Reid A1i . with — Three books by Chubb: A Fable of Love &War. Illustrated by Chubb. 8vo, original grey wrappers. Number 157 of 200 copies of the first edition, first issue, initialed by Chubb. Reid A3i. Privately printed, 1925 * Songs Pastoral and Paradisal. Illustrated with decorations hand-printed in colors by Vincent Stuart. number 16 of 100 copies signed by chubb and the first book of the tintern press . 4to, 1 / 2 cerulean blue morocco gilt, moderate wear. Reid A11i. Brockweir, Gloucestershire, 1935 * The Shipboy’s Tale. Illustrated. Number 34 of only 40 copies. Sub Signo Libelli Press, 1977. 45 c RALPH CHUBB (1892-1960) The Heavenly Cupid, or The True Paradise of Loves. Designed, composed, printed, and with 96 lithographed illustrations by Chubb, the text reproducing his calligraphed manuscript. Original 1 / 2 brown morocco over corduroy-covered boards, by G. Frewin, extremities scuffed, joints starting; owner’s penciled signature on front endpaper. Published by the author: Fair Oak [Wolverton], 1933. [5,000/7,000] first edition , first issue , number 9 of 43 copies signed by chubb . Considered Chubb’s greatest work and a true labor of love. Heavenly Cupid, a celebration of the beauty of male youth, began as a smaller work before Chubb added sections, extending it into a lengthy philosophical prose poem. The binding choice of corduroy was to reflect the fabric of country trousers, an experiment that was neither terribly successful nor repeated on future publications. Reid A10a. 44