The Collected Poems of W. H. Davies. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell.
DAVIES, W. H.
Published by Jonathan Cape London, 1948
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Jonathan Cape, London. 1948. Hardback with DW. Red cloth boards are faded along edges. Wrapper is price clipped, grubby and browned, particularly to the spine and is torn at the corners with some loss. Foxing to page edges and end papers. Ownership signature to front end paper. Seller Inventory # 101375
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Title: The Collected Poems of W. H. Davies. ...
Publisher: Jonathan Cape London
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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COLLECTED POEMS OF W. H. DAVIES [636 Poems - with a new introduction by Osbert Sitwell]
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Jonathan Cape, London, 1943
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Hardcover
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Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Second impression of the first edition of The Collected Poems of W. H. Davies, with all 636 poems and with an eight-page introduction by Osbert Sitwell, specially written for this edition. [There were previous editions of W. H. Davies Collected Poems, First Series, Second Series - with 432 poems, 533 poems, and 636 poems, without the introduction by Osbert Sitwell, and finally 636 poems with the specially written introduction by Osbert Sitwell] ***Frontispiece illustration of W. H. Davies - from a portrait by Harold Knight. [Interestingly, the same portrait is used in the Poems of 1940 that we have on sale, published in 1940, but the latter book has the caption "from a portrait by Laura Knight". Laura Johnson, as she then was, met Harold Knight at the Nottingham School of Art and they married in 1903.] ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to spine. Extremities of boards slightly rubbed. Outer corner-tips of the top edges of a few of the last rear index pages are uncut (can be carefully cut open). Pages clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 10s.6d. net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper rubbed, nicked and creased. Spine of dustwrapper and top edge of front panel of dustwrapper slightly faded. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly discoloured and rubbed (being a matt white background). Front panel of dustwrapper bright. 200mm x 132mm. 525 pages including introduction and Contents arranged alphabetically to the fore and an index of first lines to the rear. ***'Mr. Davies was born in 1871 at Newport, Monmouthsire. He wandered, as a young man, across the Atlantic. He set out with a companion for Klondike, travelling as a stowaway on trains, missed his footing, and lost a leg. He came back to England and South-East London, lived in common lodging-houses, peddled laces, and gradually accumulated enough money to publish a small volume of poems. ***Mr. Davies settled down as a writer; he wrote, assisted by a generous introduction from Mr. Bernard Shaw, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, and his published volumes now number about fifty. ***Mr. Davies is astonished at everything that the rest of us take for granted. what to the rest of us is the first primrose of spring is to him the first primrose in all the world . In other words, he is a pure poet.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***Second impression of the true first edition thus - with a special introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Hard to find now complete in the original fragile 1940s wartime dustwrapper in such nice collectable 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. Seller Inventory # 3760z
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