Book Annotation, Signed (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1936. Henry Williamson's Retained File Copy. A number of grammatical and more extensive Annotations in the authors hand throughout the book. Small annotation to the front of the book stating that ' pages torn out by someone who borrowed the book in 1942 didn't like the forward' . Most of the forward has been removed. Missing the original dust jacket but Henry Williamson has used the reverse of a book of Communism as the new jacket and added the words in large red letters 'Authors File Copy March 1936 Stolen from Henry Williamson'. He has also added to the rear wrapper flap the words ' This is a cover of a book on communism? HW having a little joke!?'. Probably one of the most significant books from the authors library as it controversially effected his reputation during and after his lifetime. The books forward that praised Hitler, Fascism and Germany haunted him for the rest of his writing career and still has an effect upon his standing within the literate world today. Also includes an inscribed Henry Williamson Card in the hand that appears to be by Cynthia Mosley quoting Sir Oswald Mosley and a copy of the 1st edition with the original wrapper as a Flax of Dreams reference. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. The book is just about good. The cloth boards are heavily worn in places and rubbed. The internal pages are well-thumbed and with light loss to some especially the early ones. Rear gutter cracked and repaired professionally. The other book is very good and with a very good wrapper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17753/14310. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Colour Maps, & Charts & Tables (illustrator). Leather Edition. Black full leather 8vo, raised bands, blindblocked, sl wear at edges but pretty good, aeg, xviii+142+iv (BCP) + xi+590 (OT) + 214(NT) + 36 (Index) pp. with maps and charts. No dates but 1879 on flyleaf & Victoria & Albert in BCP prayers. A very handsome all edges gilt copy of an antiq. AV Bible & Prayer Book with considerable annotations all in appendixes: dates, concordance, index, Psalm first lines, titles of God, relations betweeen the Testaments, etc. Ex-Latimer House, Oxford, library Size: 8vo. Association.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. New Revised Edition 1959. Includes an original Shallowford letter headed paper with Henry Williamson annotation to the reverse. Also within the book is page numbering in the hand of Williamson. A new revised edition. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good and bright. The wrapper is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Contents good. Light foxing to pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17760. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. - Over 190 words on 10 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide fine grayish buff paper. In her letter dated "Sunday", New York Evening Post critic Margaret Breuning lavishly praises Rockwell Kent's book "Voyaging": "Ethically my brazen effrontery in demanding 'Voyaging' from its illustrious author should not have been rewarded by such pure joy as I had in perusing it. I made an orgy of it." After referring to the pleasure of immersing herself in the "illusion of adventure and solitude" which "solaced my soul bruised and battered from the impact of an overcrowded milieu." she goes on to express her gratitude "It is quite impossible to thank you for this escape from an all-too burgeoning humanity into a vastness of both spirit and space." Boldly signed "Margaret Breuning". Folded for mailing, with minor creases to the edges and a tiny tear to the right edge of the top fold. There are tiny indentations to the verso of the page. Rockwell Kent has penciled the annotation "Nice letter from Eve. Post Critic" in his hand on the verso.The New York Evening Post Critic Margaret Breuning was the author of books on Mary Cassat and George Constant.