Foreword Eckert Robert (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. James Guthrie (illustrator). 1st Edition. 22pp + iii prelims. Printed on hand-made paper in a limited numbered edition of 150 copies. This is copy #32. Collection of poems in memory of Edward Thomas by twelve poets, including Gordon Bottomley, Walter de la Mare, Vivian Locke Ellis, James Guthrie, Robert Frost, Teresa Hooley and Kenneth Morris. Foreword by Robert P. Eckert Jr. Dark brown cloth quarter binding with crease to tip of top and tail of spine. Grey paper covered boards with a green title plate tipped to front cover. Crease to tip of lower front corner. Green and white illustrated title page. E T decorative device on Content's page. Number of other decorations and illustrative page headings together with the Pear Tree Press motif. Untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Light toning on ffep and rfep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 22pp + iii prelims. Printed on hand-made paper in a limited numbered edition of 150 copies. This is copy #34 (?). Collection of poems in memory of Edward Thomas by twelve poets, including Gordon Bottomley, Walter de la Mare, Vivian Locke Ellis, James Guthrie, Robert Frost, Teresa Hooley, Kenneth Morris. Foreword by Robert P. Eckert Jr. Grey paper covered boards with black cloth covered spine. Green title plate tipped to front cover. Green and white illustrated title page. E T decorative device on Content's page. Number of other decorations and illustrative page headings together with printer's motif throughout the book. Untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Light toning bar on rfep. Original brown'd and worn glassine plain paper wraps. Further protected within a clear archival envelope.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's grey paper covered boards, black buckram spine with printed paper label to the upper board. An excellent clean and tight copy, the fragile spine with some fraying to the lower edge is holding firm. The contents with the decorative bookplate of John Gold to the front pastedown and with pertinent pencil inscriptions to the front endpaper are otherwise clean and bright throughout. A collection of poems in memory of Edward Thomas. Inscribed by the publisher James Guthrie in pencil at the head of the front free endpaper "To John Gold / from James" underneath which Gold has inscribed "To Roger / fr John / Aug 1949". Limited to 150 copies of which this is hand-numbered 105. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The sole UK printing published by The Pear Tree Press in 1935. Number 150 of only 150 copies. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A little toning to the board edges. The fragile spine is intact. Some offsetting to the end papers. Free from erasures and inscriptions. A collection of poems : these things the poets said of fellow poet Edward Thomas. Decorations by James Guthrie. Accompanied by a blank postcard Signed by James Guthrie and a loose woodcut proof print for the front cover design in fine condition. Scarce and collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The sole UK printing published by The Pear Tree Press in 1935. Number 72 of only 150 copies. Accompanied by the publisher's scarce promotional flyer from 1938 which is a folded sheet in four detailing this title and a loose woodcut proof print for the front cover design in fine condition. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A little toning to the board edges. The fragile spine is intact. Some offsetting to the end papers. Free from erasures and inscriptions. A collection of poems : these things the poets said of fellow poet Edward Thomas. Decorations by James Guthrie. Scarce and collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.