At the Ninth Hour. A Sonnet Sequence in a New Form. With introductory notes on the Sonnet

Mason, Madeline

Published by University Press, Washington, DC, 1958

About this Item

233 x 143mm, light orange grey pictorial cloth, spine lettered & ruled in black, blocked in black on upper cover with lute design, pp.63. Inscribed: "To dear Alice, / with affectionate / remembrance." Photograph of the author on rear panel of dustwrapper by Charles Van Maanen. Loosely inserted are several promotional leaflets and a conference programme (Fairleigh Dickinson University / P.E.H.). This American-born poet spent much of her early life in England and France, where her talent was recognised & encouraged by such eminences as Hardy, Galsworthy, Paderewski, Arthor Symons, Romain Rolland, Balfour & Clemenceau. These sonnets have the innovative rhyme scheme: abc abc cab cde de, acclaimed by early critics as the form 'vainly sought by Keats'. Seller Inventory # 002311

Bibliographic Details

Title: At the Ninth Hour. A Sonnet Sequence in a ...

Publisher: University Press, Washington, DC

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine pictorial dw.

Signed: Signed presentation copy from

Edition: First US [trade] edition