Ushant: An Essay [Signed]

Aiken, Conrad [Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 - August 17, 1973) was an American novelist and poet, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play and an autobiography, in 1930 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 'Selected Poems.'

Published by Published New York & Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company First Edition . 1952., 1952

About this Item

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 365 printed pages of text. Light foxing to the inside edges of the paste downs. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with tanning of the paper down the spine, small chips to the edges, short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front cover, the $4.50 has been snipped and now stamped $5.00. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'For Bobby and Margaret in part payment for Roses and Cabbages from Conrad, 1960.' Robert Mackechnie [Bobby] and Margaret Mackechnie [nee Barnard] English painter friends of Conrad Aiken. Until the second world war Aiken lived in the Rye district, firstly at Lookout Cottage in Winchelsea, opposite the muddy creek from where the Mackechnie's lived on the Rye side, by February 1924 he had bought Jeake's House in Rye. By the way, Margaret Barnard's sister Alison Mary Barnard was a formidable Lady and networker. She lived at No. 4, Wimpole Mews, London and 'ran' The Centre of Spiritual and Psychological Studies. Here many Peace seeking authors, artists of very different plumage came together including Walter de la Mare, T. S. Eliot, Kathleen Raine, G. K. Chesterton [early on], Laurens van der Post and many more. No doubt Conrad Aiken too, who was a lifelong friend of T. S. Eliot, no outward publicity, quite the opposite of the extrovert Bloomsbury Bohemian hack hub. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other books by this author. AMERICA [Literature]. Seller Inventory # 83441

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ushant: An Essay [Signed]

Publisher: Published New York & Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company First Edition . 1952.

Publication Date: 1952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition