Seller: Bibliomadness, Worthington, MA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Minimal wear but does have some pencil markings throughout. All intact.
Softcover. Reality Publishing Company (Houston), copyright 1989, paperback, VG+ (minor cover scuffing), 117 pages, COSMETIC DENTISTRY; A5502 E9E.
Published by New York G. Schirmer, Inc. 1965., 1965
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Near fine condition. For four-part chorus of mixed voices & solos with piano accompaniment. Illustrated by no illustrations. 1st edn thus. Binding is paper wraps.
Language: English
Published by The Dial Press, New York, et al., 1965
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 348 pp. Virtually and essentially flawless copy with minimal wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page.
Language: English
Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, Ont., 2007
ISBN 10: 1554550416 ISBN 13: 9781554550418
Seller: Dragonfly Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 210 pages. May require extra postage. Size: Trade Paperback. Used.
Language: English
Published by Blackhall Publishing Ltd, 2010
ISBN 10: 1842181920 ISBN 13: 9781842181928
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. xvi, 224 pages : charts ; 24 cm. occasional; notes in pencil. A collection of essays from international academics (including Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East) on the economic lessons that can be learned from the Celtic Tiger phenomenon in Ireland.
Seller: History Bookshop, Ascott under Wychwood, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.65
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Near mint copy.
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & London, England, UK, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0521096103 ISBN 13: 9780521096102
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Michael Harvey (Cover Design) (illustrator). 387 + pp. Vol. 1 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external and overall wear and use. Copy with crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper article included from previous owner.
Published by University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 2004
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. Octavo. cxxxiv, 477-634pp. Fine. Essays by Mairi Macinnes, Wilfred H. Stone, Mel Livatino, Anwar F. Accawi. Poetry by Richard Gillman, Wesley McNair, Paul Grant, Daniel Hoffman, David Livewell, Jayanta Mahapatra, Michael Mott, F.D. Reeve, Christopher Camuto. The State of Letters by Robert Benson, Walter Sullivan, Robert Lacy, J.T. Barbarese. Arts and Letters by (Orwell Once More) Stephen Miller, John Gatta, and (In Memory of Anthony Hecht) David Mason.
Language: English
Published by Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, 2008
ISBN 10: 1904445330 ISBN 13: 9781904445333
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
US$ 16.38
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Glazed pictorial boards. Two small closed splits (longest 2mm) at head of spine. A clean, bright copy. Includes appendix: An Adventure in China (reprinted from Leisure Hour, X, 1861, pp.69-71), references, list of sources and bibliography, and index. 192pp. Book.
Published by Associated Reformed Presbyterian Foundation Inc., Greenville,SC, 2001
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Transcribed by Mary Law McCormick 1861,1862, 1863 and 1865, War Between the States,Indexes to each year, Diaries, John Hemphill Simpson,
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, England / New York, New York, 2006
ISBN 10: 0195297563 ISBN 13: 9780195297560
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. xvi, 614 pp. LCC: 2005031846.
Softcover. 124 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Otherwise a good copy. 9780262522755 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.
Published by The Dolmen Press, New York, 1973
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition. Small Quarto, 131 pages. In Good plus condition. Paperback binding. Faux dust jacket. Spine yellowish beige with black lettering. Covers have modest wear including light soiling and few instances of chips to the head/tail edges. Previous bookshop's small sticker to the front flap. Text block has slight wear including age toning and minor soiling to the edges. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). 1395485. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by (no publisher), Paris, 1959
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 88pp. Pages age-toned, near fine with original belly band with modest toning on folds. The first issue of this literary magazine with a contribution from Henry Miller, "The Durrell of the Black Book days," along with Anaïs Nin, Richard Aldington, Alfred Perles, Frederic J. Temple, Edwin Mullins, Loys Masson, Armand Guibert, Elisabeth Janvier, Philip Jerome, Serge Gavronsky, Michael Baldwin, and Henri-Louis De La Grange.
Language: English
Published by An Esalen Book/A Delta Book/Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1982
ISBN 10: 044053092X ISBN 13: 9780440530923
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Hell" from 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus (Frontispiece) (illustrator). Copyright İ 1972 by Michael Murphy. 203 + xiii + pp. Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external and overall wear and use. Copy with crisp pages and clean text. Slightly rubbed edges and moderate shelf wear. Previous owner's name and note inscribed on first front-end page. Page edges show minimal browning/foxing, not affecting text. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 0300215479 ISBN 13: 9780300215472
Seller: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Switzerland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. B : 318 Pages, 10.00 x 11.00 in, 280 color illustrations - The Art of Music is a handsomely illustrated and rich interdisciplinary look at the mutual influence between music and the visual arts across cultures and eras. The book sheds new light on more familiar artists at the intersection of the visual and the musical, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, and presents new scholarship on less well-known examples in the arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, from antique pottery to contemporary video and sound art. Essays consider key works and themes such as synesthesia and other formal and theoretical crossovers, motifs of musicians, and performative and ritual functions of music, musical instruments, and art. With more than 250 color images illustrating works of art in diverse traditions, The Art of Music offers enriching reading for scholars and general audiences alike.
Published by (no publisher), Paris, 1959
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 88pp. Fine in bright and fresh condition with original belly band with a tiny scrape on the front and a small nick at the fold. The first issue of this literary magazine with a contribution from Henry Miller, "The Durrell of the Black Book days," along with Anaïs Nin, Richard Aldington, Alfred Perles, Frederic J. Temple, Edwin Mullins, Loys Masson, Armand Guibert, Elisabeth Janvier, Philip Jerome, Serge Gavronsky, Michael Baldwin, and Henri-Louis De La Grange.
Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1995
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A remarkable document from a remarkable man. Vivid and, for its time, unusually informative, it offers a rare insight into the life and thinking of a figure whose violent progress through school in Cromarty and a stormy apprenticeship as a stonemason inspired him to seek refuge in the world of letters.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 391 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
US$ 88.73
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustrator). 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.
Language: English
Published by Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustrator). 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.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
US$ 113.93
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 155 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition of 1000 copies, this being number 459. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Dust jacket in archival mylar sleeve. Includes a typed signed letter (TLS) from Julian on Groton House letterhead, dated 29 May 1987, regarding a proposed mid-October public appearance (which would coincide with the publication of his book, Makers of the New: The Revolution in Literature, 1912-1939). A festschrift for Julian Symons 80th birthday, being a collection of short stories, poems, and prose pieces. [From the collection of the notable bookman and friend of Symons, Jack Walsdorf.]. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
US$ 179.60
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 303 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.94 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Michael Hargraves, San Francisco, 1981
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 29 Pp. Yellow Wrappers Printed In Black, Clear Dust Jacket With Facsimile Signatures Of Miller And Hargreaves. Fine In Fine Dj. Inscribed By Hargraves To Writer William Goyen And Dated 28 Sept 1981 In San Francisco. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 273.03
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustrator). 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.
Language: English
Published by Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 273.03
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustrator). 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.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
US$ 317.32
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 155 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by Editions Poetry London / Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 341.28
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mervyn Peake (Illustrations), Gerald Wilde (Lithographs and dustwrapper) (illustrator). 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 the rarer light beige cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine (There is also a more common issue of the book in blue cloth). The gilt is still beautifully bright. The boards are very clean - just slightly marked with age and handling. None of the usual rubbing or browning to the boards. Corners sharp with just some creasing to the bottom corner tip of the back board. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. None of the usual foxing - 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. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine 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, but there are no tears and no loss. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper also slightly creased and rubbed. Back panel of dustwrapper really clean (which is unusual, 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 - especially in the less commonly found light beige cloth binding. 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.