THE CHILD OF DAWN & BOOK OF RAPHA: A PROPHETIC & POETICAL MISCELLANY:

[Chubb (Ralph N.)]

Description:

wherein is expounded the mystery of being; the origin & end of creation; nature & supernature; also the way of deliverance for the soul from matter to spirit; as it grew & took form during the making of this book; finally & especially, a revelation of the dawn of a new dispensation, & elucidation of what is mystically meant by the divine childhood.


250 pages (paginated in pencil), lithographed calligraphic text throughout by Ralph Chubb, decorated title page, 14 hand coloured illustrations – 8 full-pages, 27 full-page and other illustrations, decorations and initials in the text, half vellum titled and decorated gilt on the spine, black cloth sides – bound by G.W. Frewin, edges uncut, a very good copy.

Painted Copy No. 5 (no limitation mentioned in the book)

From the final (copyright) page:

‘Of the binding – the black is for the holy unfathomable Darkness; the white is for the Virgin Light; the gold is for the arrowy will, which is the Manchild.’

‘Copyright: Printed by the Author on a hand lithographic press – Fair Oak Cottage, Ashford Hill, near Newbury, Berkshire, England.’

No date (1948)

 

Ralph Nicholas Chubb (8 February 1892 - 14 January 1960) was an English poet, printer, and artist. Heavily influenced by Whitman, Blake, and the Romantics, his work was the creation of a highly intricate personal mythology, one that was anti-materialist and sexually revolutionary.

Chubb writes in a letter to the original buyer of this book, dated 11:XI:56 (photocopy supplied), ‘…I have no copies of my previous hand-printed books left. The editions were small – 30 copies, more or less…..My chief (& most recent) works were two substantial volumes of prophecy,  poetry (mystical for the most part), & allegorical tales, with many illustrations, entitled respectively THE CHILD OF THE DAWN and FLAMES OF SUNRISE. Seven copies of each of these books had certain of the illustrations painted in water-colour. My method of production is peculiar to myself. I print by means of hand lithography. I have a small lithographic press; and I write my poems & tales by hand, lettering them in a script which I have evolved myself, as most suitable to the process & the particular effect I aim at…..The books are necessarily expensive to buy – ranging from 5 to 15, or 18 guineas only, production costs are so high nowadays that my return, from a sale, is little (if at all) more than the production cost.’

Details:

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (330 x 260 mm),
  • Lot No: 84
  • Hammer Price: $6825
  • Bids: 11
  • Visits: 71
  • Estimate: $5000/6000
  • Reserve: $3000

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