Three Mosher Books Lately Acquired

The latest books from the Mosher Press recently added to my collection:

The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe, published by Thomas B. Mosher, 1906, Second edtion.
Part of the Old World Series, with cream coloured vellum wraps with yapped edges, one of 925 on hand-made Van Gelder paper with a photogravure of Poe tipped in at the front. Andrew Lang supplies a brief introduction, wisely letting Poe's Romantic verse speak for itself.

Our Lady's Tumbler, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed, published by Thomas B. Mosher, 1906.
Part of the Ideal Series, Our Lady's Tumbler is a 16mo, in green paper wraps with a floral motif in gold. Within, on Van Gelder hand-made paper, the text is enclosed in rules after the Chiswick style. Our Lady's Tumbler is a Medieval French legend, surprising in its valediction of the individual, charmingly rendered into modern prose. A delightful edition from the Mosher Press.

Earthwork Out of Tuscany, by Maurice Hewlett, published by Thomas B. Mosher, 1911.
Part of the Miscellaneous Series, a small 8vo in green paper covered boards, on hand-made paper and limited to seven hundred editions sold only in the U.S. and has a photogravure of Boticelli's Simonetta tipped in at the front. Maurice Hewlett was a literary disciple of Walter Pater and naturally Italy and in particular, Renaissance Italy, became the center of his universe. Originally published in 1895, subesequent editions were altered by Hewlett which did the work no good whatsoever. This edition by Mosher reprints the original 1895 edition and restores the work to its proper intent and glory. Earthwork Out of Tuscany contains the Quatrocentisteria which Mosher printed on its own. Hewlett's style pay hommage to Pater without being a slavish immitation.