Egan (Beresford).- Baudelaire (Charles) Fleurs du Mal, in Pattern and Prose by Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock, number 5 of 500 copies signed by Egan, rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1920; Flowers of Evil, limited edition "signed" by Egan, 2 T.L.s. from Egan "What a lamentable production it is! I would rather sign my death warrant than that infernal thing... The signature... which you showed me last evening, is not mine." loosely inserted, New York, Sylvan Press, 1947 § Louÿs (Pierre) The Adventures of King Pausole. Translated by Charles Hope Lumley, T.L.s. from Egan "Did you ever see a more hideous hotchpotch than the dust-jacket of your pirated Pausole?... For pity's sake, gum this note in you copy of Godwin's Pausole that my spirit may rest in peace" tipped onto front free endpaper, light sunning to spine, light fraying to corners, dust-jacket, chipping and wear to extremities, joints splitting, tape repairs, New York, 1933 § Egan (Beresford) But the Sinners Triumph, first edition, signed by the author, shelf-lean, spine dulled, Fortune Press, 1934, plates and illustrations by Beresford Egan, original cloth or boards; and another by Egan, v.s. (5)

⁂ An excellent group, compiled by collector Adrian Woodhouse to whom the letters are addressed.