The King's Henchman

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. Artists' Edition, Limited. Joseph URBAN. [SIGNED] [OPERA]. Deems TAYLOR, composer. Joseph URBAN, illustrator.

SIGNED. LIMITED EDITION. Artists' Edition, #244 of 500. SIGNED by the author, Edna St. Vincent Millay on the edition page; Signed by the composer, Deems TAYLOR, on the facsimile fold-out musical score.

4to; 132pp; quarter-bound white linen over olive green boards, linen corner tips, paper label to spine; green endpapers; untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; half-title unopened at head; edition # 244 of 500, signed in ink by the author on edition page; tipped-in fold-out facsimile musical score signed in ink by the composer; relief printed frontispiece; "three proof etchings" tipped in with tissue guard are aquatints; light age-toning of illustrations and off-setting to tissue guards; fine. Beautifully bound edition of the opera composed by Deems Taylor and Millay's libretto (text) of a love triangle. The opera premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on February 17, 1927; a facsimile program follows the dedication page; these two pages are uncut at the head.