Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Macfadden-Bartell Corporation, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1969
Da: Thomas F. Pesce', Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Illustrated B&W Photographs (illustratore). Shirley MacLaine featured while doing Sweet Charity on Broadway.
Editore: HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, 1996
Da: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. VG++++. Bright and attractive trade paperback. Remainder mark of foot of page ends. 1996. Light edgewear. Very nice copy.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, New York / London, England, 2006
ISBN 10: 0393925293 ISBN 13: 9780393925296
Da: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Softcover. xiii, 347 pp. Softcover. LCC: 2005053425 Good condition; touches of wear on covers; slight water warping near bottom edges of pages.
Da: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good, Clean. Text Figures (illustratore). Copyright Date: 2001 Quarto, 2001, PP.563,
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st American edition. First American edition. Book has some light wear. Dust jacket is price clipped, some wear to spine ends and light rubbing and smudges overall. Illustrated with eight b & w reproductions of paintings by the author. Material includes descriptions of travel using essays, letters, travel articles, and selections from early novels. Has an index. Durrell is known for his sense of place.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0399150919 ISBN 13: 9780399150913
Da: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. xvi, 298 pp. LCC: 2003046911 Very good condition; previous owner's name on inside of front cover; some pen underlining within Introduction.
Editore: Keokee, 2008
ISBN 10: 1879628325 ISBN 13: 9781879628328
Da: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN 9781879628328. Trade paperback; oblong. Second printing. Signed by Michel Denny and Robert Carson. Slight wear to board corners and edges; very slight dustsoiling to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Signed by Authors.
Editore: The Literary Guild Of America, New York, 1972
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus. Mass market paperback. 398pp. Wrappers slightly rubbed and soiled, about very good. Contributions by D.H. Lawrence, Muriel Spark, Thomas Berger, Richard Gardener, Don DeLillo, Anne Tyler, Glenway Wescott and more.
Da: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: MABA
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 6 X 8 inches high. Paperback. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Light wear to covers, text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight, text in German. Travel. STK.
Editore: E. P. Dutton, 1968
Da: Bookmans, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Wear and Tear, PAPER BACK Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.
Editore: The Blakiston Company, 1944
Da: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
with dustjacket, hardcover. Condizione: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED8vo; 378 pages; acceptable hardcover with dustjacket bookclub edition; dustjacket scuff, stain, tear, clipped; board tips bumped; foxing stains; spine starting; spine slanting; some tanning; deckled; otherwise clean pages; prompt shippingwtih tracking.
Editore: Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York, 1993
Da: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very good condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. Dustjacket. LCC: 935848.
Editore: George Allen, London, 1906. xvi,296pp, 1906
Da: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, Paesi Bassi
EUR 9,50
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloOriginal red cloth, with title gilt on spine, a very good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.
Editore: The Literary Guild Of America, New York, 1972
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus. Mass market paperback. 398pp. Faint remainder stamps on topedge and spray on bottom edge, wrappers slightly worn and soiled, about very good. Contributions by D.H. Lawrence, Muriel Spark, Thomas Berger, Richard Gardener, Don DeLillo, Anne Tyler, Glenway Wescott and more.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Harry N Abrams / Los Angeles Times, New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0810912872 ISBN 13: 9780810912878
Da: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Photographs By Robert Balzer (illustratore). 1st Edition. 272 Pp. Light Blue Cloth Stamped In Red. Fine In Fine Jacket. With Calligraphic Christmas 1984 Presentation To "Martha And Ernie" From Wyatt Thomas (Tom) Johnson, President Of The Los Angeles Times 1977-1980 And Publisher 1980-1989, Vice Chairman Times-Mirror 1989-1990; President Of Cnn 1990-1998, Chairman And Ceo 1998-2001. [Not Signed By Anyone Else]. Inscribed by Author(s).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The Kent State University Press, Kent State, U.S.A., 1967
Da: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
EUR 29,78
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCloth Bound Boards. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1967 First Edition, First Impression. Size octavo, 127 pages including index. Green cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine, black end-papers, with blue titled dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and edges a little rubbed, spine and edges of panels faded, Malcolm Elwin has written Clareson - Reade on the spine of the dust jacket, not price clipped. Essays on the Occasion of the Centennial of the College of Wooster in Honor of Emeritus Professor Waldo H. Dunn. Contributors are: Warren D. Anderson, Thomas D. Clareson, Edgar Johnson, David Moldstad, Jerome H. Buckley, A. Dwight Culler, Floyd B. Lawrence, Lionel Stevenson This is a presentation copy from one of the editors and also one of the contributors - Thomas D. Clareson - to Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin. He has inscribed the verso of the half-title: "For Malcolm Elwin, Reade's Biographer, with thanks for his support. Tom Clareson 26/4/67" A Nice association copy. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Poetry London, 25 Marchmont Street, London W.C.1, 1941
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 21,44
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloOriginal Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, as Issued. Herbert Blackburn (Cover design) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - January-February 1941 - the fourth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Herbert Blackburn. ***Very good in the original thin cream, black and red printed stapled covers. The covers are slightly marked and creased, commensurate with age and handling. The front cover is clean and largely uncreased, but the back cover is very creased, surface marked and discoloured (please see scans). Spine browned. Bottom corners slightly creased. Spine tight. No tears. Red title to front cover bright. Internally very good, with clean pages - just the top of the last printed page slightly discoloured and marked. ***36 printed pages plus adverts on the inside covers. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Fourth letter by Tambimuttu, dated January 15, 1941; Two poems by Walter de la Mare; On a Wedding Anniversary by Dylan Thomas; A Wartime Dawn by David Gascoyne; Two War Poems by George Scurfield; The Dyke-builder by Henry Treece; In a Time of Crisis by Lawrence Durrell; Reviews, including: Richard Eberhart by Nicholas Moore; T. S. Eliot's East Coker by James H. Kirkup; En Partant Pour Syrie by G.S . Fraser. Four Lyrics by Tambimuttu. ***Also poems by Anne Ridler, Gavin Ewart, Peter J. Little, G. S. Fraser, John Malcolm Brinnin, J. C. Hall and Nicholas Moore. ***Particularly interesting is the perceptive two-page review of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" (Faber & Faber 1s.) by James H. Kirkup. This issue also contains an essay "The Unconscious: Spirituality: Catastrophe by Pierre Jean Jouve (translated from the French by David Gascoyne). ***Vol. 1. No. 4 - the fourth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the early years of the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce in any condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Editore: The Enitharmon Press, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 090528948X ISBN 13: 9780905289489
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Black cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 550 copies of which 450 are for sale. Contains the first appearance of "Little Whale Song" by Ted Hughes and "Sweeney's Praise of Farranan" by Seamus Heaney.
Editore: The Enitharmon Press, London, 1982
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition, one of five hundred copies printed. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with very faint sunning on spine.
Editore: SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NY, 1940
Da: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.
Editore: Published by Williams and Norgate Ltd., 36 Great Russell Street, London Sixth Edition Reset . 1947., 1947
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
EUR 14,89
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSixth edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains (xii), 227 pp with monochrome photographs and maps throughout. Spine sun faded, spotting to the title page and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. TURKEY (History and Culture).
Editore: Poetry London, 25 Marchmont Street, London W.C.1, 1941
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 29,78
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloOriginal Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, as Issued. Herbert Blackburn (cover design) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - January-February 1941 - the fourth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Herbert Blackburn. ***Very good in the original thin cream, black and red printed stapled covers. The covers are slightly marked and creased, commensurate with age and handling. The front cover is clean and largely uncreased, but the back cover is slightly creased and surface marked (please see scans). Red title to front cover bright. No tears. Spine tight. Internally near fine, with no inscriptions. No marks or significant creasing. No tears. ***36 printed pages plus adverts on the inside covers. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Fourth letter by Tambimuttu, dated January 15, 1941; Two poems by Walter de la Mare; On a Wedding Anniversary by Dylan Thomas; A Wartime Dawn by David Gascoyne; Two War Poems by George Scurfield; The Dyke-builder by Henry Treece; In a Time of Crisis by Lawrence Durrell; Reviews, including: Richard Eberhart by Nicholas Moore; T. S. Eliot's East Coker by James H. Kirkup; En Partant Pour Syrie by G.S . Fraser. Four Lyrics by Tambimuttu. ***Also poems by Anne Ridler, Gavin Ewart, Peter J. Little, G. S. Fraser, John Malcolm Brinnin, J. C. Hall and Nicholas Moore. ***Particularly interesting is the perceptive two-page review of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" (Faber & Faber 1s.) by James H. Kirkup. This issue also contains an essay "The Unconscious: Spirituality: Catastrophe by Pierre Jean Jouve (translated from the French by David Gascoyne). ***Vol. 1. No. 4 - the fourth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the early years of the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce in any condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
EUR 77,42
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 2, No. 10 - February 1945 - the tenth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. First impression of the true first edition, and the only issue of the magazine issued in hardcover, actually published in February 1945, although the book states 'Published in December 1944' - publication was delayed due to operating under wartime conditions. With an eight page introductory piece by the editor Tambimuttu, and dedicated to the memory of the poet Keith Douglas, who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944. The book contains three stunning full-page colour lithographs by Gerald Wilde, one of which is a double-page centre-fold, to accompany T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". In addition, there are eight-pages of drawings by Mervyn Peake which were used to illustrate "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which was published the year before by Chatto & Windus (including the plates suppressed and not used by Chatto). There is also a full-page handwritten poem by Augustus John. ***Very good in light beige cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine (There is also a variant issue of the book in blue cloth). The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean - just slightly marked with age and handling. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Corners slightly creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean, with just some very light foxing to the front endpaper and pastedown. Illustrations bright and clean. The lithographs are printed on high grade cartridge paper, printed from the original stones by the Baynard Press, whereas the text of the magazine is on thin wartime economy paper. No creases or tears. No dustwrapper. ***258mm x 192mm. x prelim-pages plus 264 pages. ***Contents: Poems, Illustrations, Prose, Art, Radio, Music, Points of View, Correspondence. Poems by various poets including Michael Hamburger, Henry Miller, Alan Ross, Stevie Smith, R.S. Thomas etc. Illustrations: three full-page colour lithographs including a two-page centrefold of T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by Gerald Wilde, and eight full-page drawings for "The Ancient Mariner" by Mervyn Peake. Also a full-page reproduction of a handwritten poem: "The Antiquary, 1944" by Augustus John. ***First impression of the true first edition, published during the Second World War in February 1945, although the book states December 1944. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, the publications of Poetry London, collectors of the illustrations of Mervyn Peake, and of the artwork of Gerald Wilde. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
EUR 77,42
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 2, No. 10 - February 1945 - the tenth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. First impression of the true first edition, and the only issue of the magazine issued in hardcover, actually published in February 1945, although the book states 'Published in December 1944' - publication was delayed due to operating under wartime conditions. With an eight page introductory piece by the editor Tambimuttu, and dedicated to the memory of the poet Keith Douglas, who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944. The book contains three stunning full-page colour lithographs by Gerald Wilde, one of which is a double-page centre-fold, to accompany T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". In addition, there are eight-pages of drawings by Mervyn Peake which were used to illustrate "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which was published the year before by Chatto & Windus (including the plates suppressed and not used by Chatto). There is also a full-page handwritten poem by Augustus John. ***Very good in light beige cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine (There is also a variant issue of the book in blue cloth). The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean - just slightly marked with age and handling. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Corners slightly creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally near fine with no inscriptions - just a small pencil price at the top of the front free endpaper and a bookseller's label to the bottom of the front pastedown. Illustrations bright and clean. The lithographs are printed on high grade cartridge paper, printed from the original stones by the Baynard Press, whereas the text of the magazine is on thin wartime economy paper. Top corners of some pages slightly creased - otherwise, no creases or tears. No dustwrapper. ***258mm x 192mm. x prelim-pages plus 264 pages. ***Contents: Poems, Illustrations, Prose, Art, Radio, Music, Points of View, Correspondence. Poems by various poets including Michael Hamburger, Henry Miller, Alan Ross, Stevie Smith, R.S. Thomas etc. Illustrations: three full-page colour lithographs including a two-page centrefold of T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by Gerald Wilde, and eight full-page drawings for "The Ancient Mariner" by Mervyn Peake. Also a full-page reproduction of a handwritten poem: "The Antiquary, 1944" by Augustus John. ***First impression of the true first edition, published during the Second World War in February 1945, although the book states December 1944. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, the publications of Poetry London, collectors of the illustrations of Mervyn Peake, and of the artwork of Gerald Wilde. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Editore: Jonathan Cape., London., 1930
Da: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 35,73
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Elizabeth Montgomery (illustratore). 1st Edition. 100 pages with the dedication to the memory of D. H. Lawrence, Robert Bridges, Edward Carpenter & John Freeman, 80 poems by various writers taken from publications and collected here, decorated by Elizabeth Montgomery with art-deco style line drawings. Purple art-deco patterned cloth boards near fine, wrapper handled and some loss top edge of spine, small inscription on decorated endpaper ""Lenn Rayton Xmas 1930". uncut edges, clean copy. VG+ small octavo.
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
EUR 153,40
Quantità: 2 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Frank Cass and Co Limited, London England, 1939
ISBN 10: 0714621129 ISBN 13: 9780714621128
Da: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, Regno Unito
EUR 178,66
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloTwo Tone Black/Green Cloth. Condizione: NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW). No Jacket. Cover By Henry Moore Lithographs By Ceri Richards and Others. (illustratore). First Facsimile/Reprint Edition 1970. A modern (1970) reprint of the entire run of this stunning magazine comprising 23 issues contained within Five volumes. Poetry London was published between 1939 and 1951 and contains poetry and artwork from lots of the avant - garde poets of the day. Among them Dylan Thomas, Paul Potts, Laurence Whistler, Louis Macniece, George Barker ,Herbert Read, Rayner Heppenstall, Stephen Spender, Walter De La Mare, Dorian Cooke, Lawrence Durrell, Nicolas Moore, D.S Savage. Heinrich Rhys, Charles Madge, David Gascoyne, Clifford Dyment, Ruthven Todd, Idris Davies, Glyn Jones, Lynd Nathan, Maurice Carpenter, and H. G. Porteus, along with many many others. SUPERB condition, as close to NEW as could be expected, This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 238,22
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 2, No. 10 - February 1945 - the tenth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. First impression of the true first edition, and the only issue of the magazine issued in hardcover, actually published in February 1945, although the book states 'Published in December 1944' - publication was delayed due to operating under wartime conditions. With an eight page introductory piece by the editor Tambimuttu, and dedicated to the memory of the poet Keith Douglas, who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944. The book contains three stunning full-page colour lithographs by Gerald Wilde, one of which is a double-page centre-fold, to accompany T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". ***Note that this copy has been bound upside down - a rare variant! ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine (There is also a rarer variant issue of the book in light beige cloth). The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are very clean - just slightly marked with age and handling. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Corners sharp - just slightly creased lower corners. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with a neat contemporaneous gift inscription in black fountain pen ink to the top of the front free endpaper: 'To my darling wife 12.1.46'. Interior pages clean with no foxing. Illustrations bright and clean. The lithographs are printed on high grade cartridge paper, printed from the original stones by the Baynard Press. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 15s. net. The fragile dustwrapper is virtually complete, with just some small areas of loss at the top edge. The edges of the dustwrapper are rubbed and creased, and there is a 1.5 cm closed tear and associated creasing to the top edge of the back panel. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly discoloured and rubbed (being a white background). Fading to the red titles on the spine. Illustrated front panel of dustwrapper clean and bright. ***258mm x 192mm. x prelim-pages plus 264 pages. ***Contents: Poems, Illustrations, Prose, Art, Radio, Music, Points of View, Correspondence. Poems by various poets including Michael Hamburger, Henry Miller, Alan Ross, Stevie Smith, R.S. Thomas etc. Illustrations: three full-page colour lithographs including a two-page centrefold of T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by Gerald Wilde, and eight full-page drawings for "The Ancient Mariner" by Mervyn Peake. Also a full-page reproduction of a handwritten poem: "The Antiquary, 1944" by Augustus John. ***'There has been no other periodical since the Great War that has gathered so many poets into its pages.' - Francis Scarfe in 'Auden & After' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition, published during the Second World War in February 1945, although the book states December 1944. Complete in its original thin wartime colour illustrated dustwrapper - the three full-page colour lithographs (one double-page) by Gerald Wilde are clean and bright and in very fine condition, and with the eight-pages of drawings by Mervyn Peake, and a full-page handwritten poem by Augustus John. Extremely scarce to find complete in the original dustwrapper. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, the publications of Poetry London, collectors of the illustrations of Mervyn Peake, and of the artwork of Gerald Wilde. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 238,22
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol. 2, No. 10 - February 1945 - the tenth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu. First impression of the true first edition, and the only issue of the magazine issued in hardcover, actually published in February 1945, although the book states 'Published in December 1944' - publication was delayed due to operating under wartime conditions. With an eight page introductory piece by the editor Tambimuttu, and dedicated to the memory of the poet Keith Douglas, who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944. The book contains three stunning full-page colour lithographs by Gerald Wilde, one of which is a double-page centre-fold, to accompany T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine (There is also a rarer variant issue of the book in light beige cloth). The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are very clean - just slightly marked with age and handling. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed, with some browning to the top and bottom margins of the boards. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Unobtrusive very light sporadic foxing to front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Some light production creasing to a couple of pages. Interior pages clean. Illustrations bright and clean. The lithographs are printed on high grade cartridge paper, printed from the original stones by the Baynard Press. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 15s. net. The fragile dustwrapper is complete, which is very unusual for this book - the dustwrapper normally has some loss. The edges of the dustwrapper are rubbed and creased, and there is a 1.5 cm closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, and a couple of closed tears and associated creasing to the top edge of the back panel. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper also slightly creased and rubbed. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly discoloured and rubbed (being a white background). Illustrated front panel of dustwrapper clean and bright. ***258mm x 192mm. x prelim-pages plus 264 pages. ***Contents: Poems, Illustrations, Prose, Art, Radio, Music, Points of View, Correspondence. Poems by various poets including Michael Hamburger, Henry Miller, Alan Ross, Stevie Smith, R.S. Thomas etc. Illustrations: three full-page colour lithographs including a two-page centrefold of T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by Gerald Wilde, and eight full-page drawings for "The Ancient Mariner" by Mervyn Peake. Also a full-page reproduction of a handwritten poem: "The Antiquary, 1944" by Augustus John. ***'There has been no other periodical since the Great War that has gathered so many poets into its pages.' - Francis Scarfe in 'Auden & After' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition, published during the Second World War in February 1945, although the book states December 1944. Complete in its original thin wartime colour illustrated dustwrapper - the three full-page colour lithographs (one double-page) by Gerald Wilde are clean and bright and in very fine condition, and with the eight-pages of drawings by Mervyn Peake, and a full-page handwritten poem by Augustus John. Extremely scarce to find complete in the original dustwrapper. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, the publications of Poetry London, collectors of the illustrations of Mervyn Peake, and of the artwork of Gerald Wilde. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Frank Cass and Co Limited, London England, 1939
ISBN 10: 0714621129 ISBN 13: 9780714621128
Da: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, Regno Unito
EUR 238,22
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Aggiungi al carrelloTwo Tone Black/Green Cloth. Condizione: NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW). No Jacket. Cover By Henry Moore Lithographs By Ceri Richards and Others. (illustratore). First Facsimile/Reprint Edition 1970. A modern (1970) reprint of the entire run of this stunning magazine comprising 23 issues contained within Five volumes. Poetry London was published between 1939 and 1951 and contains poetry and artwork from lots of the avant - garde poets of the day. Among them Dylan Thomas, Paul Potts, Laurence Whistler, Louis Macniece, George Barker ,Herbert Read, Rayner Heppenstall, Stephen Spender, Walter De La Mare, Dorian Cooke, Lawrence Durrell, Nicolas Moore, D.S Savage. Heinrich Rhys, Charles Madge, David Gascoyne, Clifford Dyment, Ruthven Todd, Idris Davies, Glyn Jones, Lynd Nathan, Maurice Carpenter, and H. G. Porteus, along with many many others. SUPERB condition, as close to NEW as could be expected, This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed.