The Winter Owl by Robert Graves and William Nicholson editors - 1923

London: Cecil Palmer, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good copy in blueish/grey boards. Some wear to spine which is a little chipped at head and tail. No ownership inscription. Moderate foxing to edges and early and late pages. Moderate apparent insect damage to front and rear end-papers. 60 pages. 10 full-page illustrations. Contributions by Thomas Hardy, T.E. Lawrence, Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and others. Illustrations by William Nicholson, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Randolph Caldecott and others. This was the last issue of this periodical. Photographs available on request.

London: Cecil Palmer,, 1923. first edition. hardcover. near Very Good. Quarto, approx. 25 cm. wide by 31.5 cm. tall. Pictorial boards. Visual art by William Nicholson, Sr Edward Burne-Jones, Frank Dobson, Pamela Bianco, Randolph Caldecott. Texts by Max Beerbohm, Thomas Hardy, Robert Graves, T. E. Lawrence, David Garnett, Philip Guedalla, Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon, and others. Scattered foxing. Covers have some all-over soil, tears and chips at spine, wear at corners. Non-authorial inscription to former owner on front free endpaper.The final issue of this irregularly-issued literary journal. 122615B

London: Martin Secker (first two issues), Cecil Palmer (third issue). Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, 1919, 1923. First edition. Wraps for first issue, hardcover (paper pastedown) second two issues. Very Good. Literary journal with extraordinary roster of contributors, including Max Beerbohm, Siegfried Sassoon, T. E. Lawrence, John Doyle, Enoch Soames, Robert Graves, John Crowe Ransome, John Masefield, John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Walter de la Mare, Rockwell Kent, Vachel Lindsay, Edwin Lutyens, William Nicholson, etc. 4to. 32 by 25 cm. Mostly poetry, with also a mix of stories, dialogues, etc. and lovely plates, quite a few in color. All produced handsomely, and though short-lived, the confluence of talent marks these as an unique undertaking. Minor edge chips to wraps of the first volume. Chips along the joints and the spine of the second. Within, the leaves are age toned, with some scattered light foxing.