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GIFT COPY FROM TICE, FULLY ILLUSTRATED BY HAND (TICE, CLARA.) Louÿs, Pierre. The Songs of Bilitis. Translated from the Greek. 8vo, red morocco gilt, joints heavily rubbed; large split between half-title (with dedication) and Tice's watercolor on its facing blank. Number 18 of 975 copies. Np: Privately printed, 1919
unique copy, illustrated throughout by clara tice for her friend, with over 140 color pencil drawings and a full-page frontispiece watercolor of Bilitis as described on page 39 of the text, Signed in pencil by Tice, lower right. A true labor of love for a friend named Philip, Tice illustrated the story on nearly every page with her characteristic whimsically erotic figures.
