MODERNISMS

modernisms
region in works such as ‘Heart of Darkness’ formed the foundation of Gide’s own.
As an exercise in ethnography, its approach is idiosyncratic - but it is a monumental
work, with the photography of Allégret making a major contribution to its effect.
Allégret’s documentary film of the expedition launched his career in that medium.
Though the copy is a poor one, the association is difficult to improve upon
(particularly given the posthumous nature of the dedication).
59. Morand (Paul) Black Magic. Translated by Hamish Miles
& With Illustrations by Aaron Douglas. Heinemann,
1929, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 8 plates by Douglas with one
of these starting to come loose, ownership inscription
of Lady Wolseley to half-title, a few pages a little dusty at
head, pp. [viii], 196, 8vo, original patterned cloth, printed
labels to darkened backstrip and upper board, small
amount of rubbing to extremities, good £30
A record of the author’s travels to ‘28 Negro countries’,
in America and Africa predominantly, precipitated by the
burgeoning cultural influence of the ‘black experience’ in
Western art and the author’s own encounters with it. The illustrations come from
Harlem figure Aaron Douglas, whilst the translator acknowledges the assistance of
NAACP leader Walter White with the rendering of African-American speech.
60. Yeats (W.B.) Three Things. Ariel Poem No.18. Faber and Faber, 1929, 78/500
COPIES signed by the author, 2 drawings by Gilbert Spencer (one in colour), pp.
[12], 8vo, original blue boards, lettered in gilt to front with asterisk motif, a little
edge-darkening and a couple of tiny speckles, the spine a little chipped at ends
and with some paper loss around the middle, small gift inscription in pencil to
flyleaf, good (Wade 166) £400
61. Yeats (W.B.) Three Things. [Ariel Poem, No.18.] Faber and Faber, 1929, FIRST
EDITION, colourprinted drawing by Gilbert Spencer, pp. [3], foolscap 8vo, original
sewn blue wrappers with Spencer illustration to front, very good (Wade 166) £50
62. Cunard (Nancy) Poems (Two) 1925.
[‘Simultaneous’ and ‘In Provins’.] Aquila Press,
1930, FIRST EDITION, 122/150 COPIES signed by
the author, pp. [14], 4to, original boards with an
overall design by Elliott Seabrooke, printed label
to upper board, the boards a little soiled and
rubbed with a few small marks, faint spotting to
free endpapers, good £800
A scarce work, printed by Wyn Henderson at her
Aquila Press - though with the look of a production
from Cunard’s own Hours Press, which Henderson
later ran when the proprietor departed for the US
to prepare her ‘Negro Anthology’.
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