Reflections on Mortality in Prose and Poetry


By: Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (1847-1922)

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Milwaukee, WI: The ABCdarium, 1991.

Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [28, last a blank] pp. Half-title, black-and-white frontispiece portrait of the author, typographic ornament on title page, Preface by C L Helbert, black-and-white portrait of the author; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped green cloth, clear plastic dust-jacket, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK221-030. Fine.

LIMITED FIRST EDITION of 200 copies, this is number 17, printed with Palatino types and digital composition. This small book was printed in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Alice Meynell's death. It contains poetry and prose meditations on the briefness of life by Alice Meynell, a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, who is now remembered mainly as a poet. "C. L. Helbert printed his miniature books in Milwaukee, Wisconsin using the press name ABCDarium. All his books are letterpress printed from handset type." Bradbury. This is the fifth and last miniature book printed at The ABCDarium recorded in Bradbury.

REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. US Miniature Books, No. 2165.

Title: Reflections on Mortality in Prose and Poetry

Author Name: Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (1847-1922)

Edition: FIRST LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, this is number 17

Created: 1991

Country of Origin: United States

Location Published: Milwaukee, WI, The ABCDarium: 1991

Binding: Gilt-stamped green cloth, clear plastic dust-jacke

Book Condition: Fine

Jacket Condition: Fine

Size: Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/2 inches

Type: Miniature Book

Categories: Miniature Book, Fine Press

Seller ID: GKK221-030

Keywords: alice meynell, clifford helbert, fine press, limited edition, meditations, miniature book, philosophy, the abcdarium