Lyrics by a Briton in Gallia

Cranleigh: The Samurai Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1909. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; 64 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of blue cloth spine over blue paper covered boards in dustjacket with chipping all along spine, closed tear at rear panel and edgewear. Limited edition of only 300 copies. Inscribed and SIGNED on the verso of the dedication page "To my dear Rose King, these / fifty year-old poems of / my youth. // Norman Hill / La Horace, a Monts, I & L. France / 10.5.59" One manuscript correction by the author changing the word "witches" to "warlocks." Rose King might possibly be the actress (1884-1967), but no confirming information. Founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Monro, and others, with the objective of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The press moved to Cranleigh in 1906 at which point Arthur Sabin got involved with the hand printing. He moved into a post as a Keeper at the V&A in 1909 and printed some titles under the Temple Sheen Press imprint, and in 1922 became keeper of and transformed the Bethnal Green Museum for which he is best known. The Samurai Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was later to be used by Douglas Pepler and Eric Gill at St. Dominic’s Press at Ditchling. They wanted to set up a community of idealists as well originally. Details taken from the available history and bibliography of the press. ; Signed by Author .