Rosamund stanhope (6 risultati)

Card Wrappers. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. 64pp. Sharp copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 77 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Stapled booklet. 21x13.5cm. 40 pages. Bump at bottom corners. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref d64.

Condizione: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.77. book.

Condizione: Good. 1962. First Edition. 48 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers, pastedowns, half title page and last page textblock. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. …

dj. First Edition. First edition. Number 2 of ONLY 25 COPIES SIGNED BY STANHOPE. After her career as an actress was derailed by the outbreak of WWII, the indomitable Stanhope worked as a radio mechanic for the Women's Royal Naval Service and then in various jobs before re-training as a teacher in the early 1950s -- and all the while her poetry was appearing in various literary and other magazines. Then, just a year after this first book of poetry was published, Stanhope suffered a debilitating spinal injury that left her partially paralyzed and in chronic pain. She continued to teach and write but never attained the recognition for her poetry this slender volume demonstrates she deserved. 8vo gilt-stamped black cloth boards; 48 pages. Fine in bright, near fine dust jacket with just a few tiny nicks and tears including one that traverses the head of the spine (internally repaired with archival tape). Understandably rare. Signed.…