Phyllis Chanter (5 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, #42 of 100 copies. Signed by the author on the copyright page. Yellow cloth in translucent rice paper jacket. 25 pp. A collection of poems by Phyllis Chanter, including pastoral type work. Published by Raymond Lister at his Golden Head Press. Lister was a blacksmith and ironworker, as well as publisher, with some of his ironwork appearing the King's College Chapel, among other locations (see Wikipedia). GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Heavy chipping and tearing to the jacket along the extremities, with some creasing. Minor soiling. Light fading and edgewear to the book.

Condition: Good. 1958. Limited Edition. 25 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Yellow cloth. Flatsigned by the author to page before contents page. One of 100 limited copies. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning and foxing to board edges. Mild droplet to front board.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. One of 100 Signed. Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1958. 8vo. 25pp. Yellow cloth, paper labels on spine and front cover. Book in fine condition; glassine dj frayed at edges. #21 of 100 Signed by Chanter. Other items included: (1) Book is dedicated to Philip Gosse where on same page is found this hand-written note: "who now presents it to his old friend John S. Mayfield" (unable to confirm whose handwriting). John S. Mayfield was a noted collector of Swinburne, Lord Byron, Mark Twain, and others. (2) Autograph Letter Signed by Chanter, to Mr. Mayfield, 17 June 58, mentioning that Philip Gosse told "me of your very kind message, I am so glad you like my poems". With hand-addressed envelope to Mayfield. (3) "A Rose", 8-line poem on single sheet hand-written and signed by Chanter - poem included in Saltfleet. (4) 2-page autograph letter signed by Chanter, to Mayfield, 30 July 58, thanking him for his "charming letterI was interested to hear that you had not met Philip Gosse," with postscript about just "coming across the poems of Ralph Hodgson".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 25 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 25 pages, book in fine condition with poor clear paper wrapper (worn, torn and creased with large part of front panel torn away), number 17 of an edition of 100 signed by the author. Loosely enclosed is a hand-written letter from Patrick Pearson which the gift of the book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 28. Number 15 of 100 copies. Poetry. Green cloth, onset label and spine label; very good.