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Published by E. P. Dutton, New York, 1948
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. DJ has five small edge tears and other slight wear to corners.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape (1948)., 1948
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 191 pp. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to crown and two short tears. Introduction by C. Day Lewis.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1948
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good without dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Published by Dutton, NY, 1948
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 8vo, pp. 191. Introduction by C. Day Lewis. Blue cloth. Cover little faded and scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1941
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
8vo, pp. 48. A nice copy in corner-clipped dj. Poems.
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, 1948
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Introduced by C. Day Lewis. Owner's name penned on front fly, spine faded, good only with foredges nicked, lacking the dustwrapper.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London & New York, 1936
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Yellow cloth bindings with blue cloth spines. Gold colored print on spines. Both books have foxing spots on covers.Spines are badly sunned and print faded. Rubwear at tips and spine ends. A few fox spots within text. Previous owner's name written in pen on front flyleaves. Rough cut foredges. Two separate books selling as ome item. "Tomorrow is Revealing", 48 pages &"Bright Feather Fading", 60 pages. The Copyright dates are 1936 for "Bright Feather Fading" and 1941 for "Tomorrow is Revealing".
1948 1ST JACKET SOME COFFEE STAINING O/W VG/VG.
Published by Privately printed at the Tragara Press, 1981
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. [15] pp., small 8vo, card wrapper, marbled-paper dustjacket with mounted title label. No. 83 of 95 copies on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Very good copy; some pin head-size dots on the title label; contents fine and fresh.
Published by Cape, 1946
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
unknown_binding. Condition: Good. A slim paperback volume in Good condition, covers just a little grubby, interior clean and bright. Quite scarce. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Published by E.P. Dutton, 1948
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Introduction by C. Day Lewis. Smaller sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth, bright silver lettering on spine, blue background with decorations inside covers and adjacent end papers, 191 pages. DJ glossy light green background with pattern of white leaves to all sides. DJ has very slight wear at upper spine edge, micronick at upper back tip, slightly darkening at top front. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1941. First edition. Written by Queen Elizabeth II's aunt., 1941
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Very Good in Very Good- Dust Jacket. No owner's markings. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover.
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1943
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . 1943 1st booklet, clean copy, slight feint foxing to endpapers, no other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1948
Seller: Byre Books, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Decorative wraps a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, tight and sound, good.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1934
Seller: Jim's Old Books, Kirkwall, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No dustwrapper, some fading to the blue cloth spine strip and rubbing to the yellow titles thereon, some slight wear to the corners, and discolouration to the edges of yellow cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, the author's first collection of poems in book form (though they had previously appeared in various magazines). The author was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: their fathers were brothers. 64pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION OF JUST 95 NUMBERED COPIES. Tragara Press, 1981. Marbled paper wrappers. Fine.
Published by Edinburgh: privately printed at the Tragara Press, 1981
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Marbled wrappers, printed paper label. Edition limited to 95 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered, inscribed by the printer "proof copy"; with his inscription to the collector Thomas Davidson, "Tom from Alan". Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895-1949) died the year after Jonathan Cape issued her Collected Poems. These poems (all but one) come from that last year, when she was in agonies of advanced arthritis. A granddaughter of two earls (Strathmore and Kinghorne, Crawford and Balcarres) and first cousin of a queen (Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother), she still managed to publish five books of verse and two novels. William Plomer, a great supporter, contributed an obituary of her to The Times. Halliwell A76. Lot 379 of the bookseller G.F. Sims's closing-down sale at Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 2 July 1987, included a copy of Uncollected Poems, "one of 6 proof copies on Glastonbury paper" (not noted by Hallowell); this, however, is on Barcham Green, as was the main printing.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A superior first edition copy comprising various beautiful poems by Lilian Bowes Lyon. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Lilian Bowes Lyon, a truly talented and delicate writer. Her poems represent a private journey through the storms of her time. With an introduction by Cecil Day Lewis.With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear and slight bumping ot head and tail of spine. Minor fading to cloth to spine. Naomi Mitchison's bookplate to front free endpaper. Tipped in by a previous owner, a photograph of the author to recto front free endpaper and a newspaper column comprising two poems 'Cut Grass' and 'Lento Sostenuto' to half title page. Dustwrapper is unclipped and very smart, with minto shelfwear and slight chipping to head to spine of wrapper. Minor sunnig to spine to wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A presentation copy inscribed by the author to 'Margaret Fry / from the author / May 48; as well as the publisher's compliments card tipped in on front free endpaper, which makes mention of he disablement. 191pp. Blue cloth with title stamped in silver on spine. Very Good with, tanning to spine and black & white photo reproduction of the author mounted to the front pastedown.
Published by Tragara Press, 1981
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Marbled wrappers. Near fine. One of 90 numbered copies. Two proof sheets loosely inserted.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 60. Original publisher's blue and yellow cloth, lettered yellow at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "with very best wishes, Lilian Bowes Lyon - Nov. 1936." Very good indeed in near very good dust jacket, with some surface soiling and slight rubbing but no loss. Signedes.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York,, 1948
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.191. Signed presentation from the author, written in pencil on the half-title page:"Darling Gusti with love from Lilian." Original publisher's cloth binding in a rich blue with silver lettering at spine. Attractive endpapers printed with a floral repeat pattern containing the LBL monogram. Dust jacket printed with a repeat pattern of leaves in pale green./ Lilian Helen Bowes Lyon (1895Ð1949) was a British poet. She was the youngest daughter of the Honourable Francis Bowes Lyon, and a first cousin of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During the First World War, Bowes Lyon helped at Glamis Castle which became a convalescence home for soldiers. Her brother Charles Bowes Lyon was killed in the war on 23 October 1914, inspiring her poem "Battlefield" here published in section 2: Bright Feather Fading. Very good in near very good dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly nicked at edges. Signedes.