The Earth Compels

MacNeice (Louis)

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1938

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 25s. The second collection of poetry by Irish poet MacNeice, with the correct blurb to the jacket's front inside panel: 'Mr. MacNeice's position as a poet was incontestably established in 1935 by his first volume of Poems. He is one of the few poets to-day none of whose poems could have been written by anyone else. His second volume has been awaited for some time: now that it has arrived, it needs no advertisement.' Book VG+; jacket a little dulled and frayed at spine, o/w VG. The second collection of poetry by Irish poet MacNeice, with the correct blurb to the jacket's front inside panel: 'Mr. MacNeice's position as a poet was incontestably established in 1935 by his first volume of Poems. He is one of the few poets to-day none of whose poems could have been written by anyone else. His second volume has been awaited for some time: now that it has arrived, it needs no advertisement.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Earth Compels
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Literature