In His Own Image (1924, new edition)

Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo's collection of short stories

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New Edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blindstamped titling to upper board. Top edge dyed blue. 19.5 × 13.5cm, lx + 419pp

Fr Rolfe's expansion of his earlier collection of tales "Stories Toto Told Me" from six to thirty-two short pieces. The protagonist, an Englishman named George Arthur Rose, is wandering through the Italian countryside and Alban Hills near Rome, accompanied by a retinue of local youth. The primary voice of the collection, however, is Toto, a sixteen-year-old Italian peasant boy who serves as Rose’s servant and guide. As they walk, rest, and explore, Toto recounts a series of folk legends regarding the Catholic saints, the Madonna, and the court of Heaven.

This copy has a lengthy introduction by Shane Leslie and a bibliography.

Condition

This copy is in very good condition with some spotted foxing to the page edges and margins but in very good shape and remaining in strong readable condition.