Peronnik the Fool.

William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1926

Limited edition of Moore’s ‘Peronnik The Fool’, designed by Bruce Rogers (1870–1957). One of 785 copies.

Description: Original blue paper covered boards, printed design to the boards in red and yellow. Printed spine label in red. Octavo: 23.5 × 15 cm; pp. 68, [2].

Condition: Externally, very minor abrasions and marks of usage. Internally, clean and free of marks.

Notes: Moore’s novel is printed here for the first time in its own volume. The first edition was printed in 1924 with Daphnis and Chloe. Bruce Rogers stated: “That is a pseudo-medieval romance, so pseudo-medieval trimmings seemed appropriate. The choice of black-letter and civilité type for the title and chapter heads conveys something of the flavor of the tale, without interfering in any way with the plain legibility of the text”.