[Dalrymple Press limited edition reprint; Proofs] PRB. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54

44[3]pp., 4to (25.3cm), in three 8-leaf gatherings, not bound, browning of the edges of several pages, commencing with half-title and concluding with printing information and number of copies (this not numbered!) ([3v] and a blank ([3r]). Preface by Christopher Sykes and Postscript by Christopher Wood. The statement "As proofed 8-7-82" is written on the first page of all gatherings (hand unidentified, see below), and there are occasional marginal corrections. With additional related material comprising two letters from Robert Hamilton Dalrymple himself, and printed ephemera. A. Two one page letters from Robert Hamilton Dalrymple to "Mr Rose", 5 July 1982 and 13 July 1982, calligraphic of course, the first discussing the publishing history of "PRB" and how his publication of it came about, adding "The Dalrymple Press is in fact a corner of my bedroom [...]", inviting publicity. The second, obviously enclosed with this proof with "some details of the first book I published" ("The Little Holland House Album"), gives information about the origins of his interest in printing and the success of his first project. He reveals that he's working for a printer (presumably commmercial) in Kent "so the Dalrymple Press operates out of office hours"; B. Order form for "PRB"; C. Prospectus for "The Little Holland House Album by Edward Burne-Jones"; item quoting reviews of the last; image presumably for this last of the "Blessed Damozel" as she leans out, with verse in facsimile of Burne-Jones's hand; prospectue for "PRB including quotation from Waugh's Diaries, a lengthy statement by John Rothenstein on incidents involving himself and Waugh, commenting on connections with the PRB, and the printing history of "PRB".