The Hours Press—Nancy Cunard | The Eaten Heart, Eure, 1929, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author

Richard Aldington

The Eaten Heart. Eure: Hours Press, 1929

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED TO NANCY CUNARD, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, 4to, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket not called for, extremities slightly rubbed, a very good copy

The fourth book of the Hours Press. This copy is out-of-series and additionally inscribed by the author to the publisher, Nancy Cunard—the two were close friends. There is a further handwritten line stating that this is: "Hours Press Own Set" next to the inscription on the limitation page. There have been no inscribed copies at auction since at least 1974. Aldington enlisted as a private in 1916 and rose through the ranks to become an officer. He was gassed and suffered from shell-shock.