The Loss of the Magyar and other poems (Signed by Irene Claremont de Castillejo)

Patricia Beer (Irene de Castillejo interest)

Published by Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1959

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Hardback, bound in red cloth with plain glassine wrapper. 22 × 14cm, 39pp. This copy was owned by author and Jungian analyst Irene Claremont de Castillejo, with her pencilled signature to the ffep. Born in 1885, she married Spanish jurist and professor Jose Castillejo but had to flee Madrid at the start of the Spanish Civil War. In 1945, after living in London, she studied Jungian psychology in Zurich working with Carl Gustav Jung, Emma Jung and Toni Wolff, then returning to London to found a psychotherapy practice specialising in the role of women in the world of today. She is perhaps best known for her book 'Knowing Woman: A Feminine Psychology', published posthumously in 1973. The author's first published book of poetry. Condition: The book is in very good condition, the glassine wrap with some surface abrasion and a small tear to the rear.

Seller Inventory # 016451

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Loss of the Magyar and other poems (Signed by Irene Claremont de Castillejo)
• Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1959
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by notable previous own