Orpheus. A Symposium of the Arts.
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. 1. The book has clearly been kept in slightly damp conditions at some stage. The front board is slightly bowed. The unclipped d/w is a little rubbed and marked with a few nicks and some tiny loss to the head of the spine. Very good + in good + d/w. 2. Morpeth bookseller's stamp to the bottom edge of the front pastedown. Unclipped d/w just little rubbed at the spine ends and corner tips. Near fine in near fine d/w. Item #8223
Designed as the heir to New Writing and Daylight, after the hiatus of the war, John Lehmann's new 'symposium of the arts' covered drama, music, ballet, art, design and literature. Contributors included Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, George Barker, Peter Brook, Jocelyn Brooke, Cecil Day Lewis, Roy Fuller, Derek Hill, Laurie Lee, Louis MacNeice, William Plomer, Raymond Queneau, George Seferis, Edith Sitwell and Denton Welch. Volume 1 has illustrations by Keith Vaughan, John Minton, Michael Ayrton, Leonard Rosoman and others.The illustrations in volume 2 are all by John Minton.
Price: £100.00