A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT SUNLIGHT. [CONTENTS:] THE DARK LANTERN. 1951. DONKEY BOY. 1952. YOUNG PHILLIP MADDISON. 1953. HOW DEAR IS LIFE. 1954. A FOX UNDER MY CLOAK. 1955. THE GOLDEN VIRGIN. 1957. LOVE AND THE LOVELESS. 1958. A TEST TO DESTRUCTION. 1960. THE INNOCENT MOON. 1961. IT WAS THE NIGHTINGALE. 1962. THE POWER OF THE DEAD. 1963. THE PHOENIX GENERATION. 1965. A SOLITARY WAR. 1966. LUCIFER BEFORE SUNRISE. 1967. THE GALE OF THE WORLD. 1969. [the second or published state with errors corrected from the first, or unpublished state].

WILLIAMSON, HENRY.

Published by Macdonald. 1951-1969., 1951

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FIFTEEN VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS. 8vo. 8 x 5.5 inches. Total no. of pages: 6091, including series lists at end (average 406 per volume). Bound in original cloth, gilt, (red titles in one instance), in unclipped (except The Golden Virgin and A Test to Destruction) dust wrappers, some with slightly sunned spines and edge chips, including at head and tail of spine. DONKEY BOY HAS FACSIMILE WRAPPER., REST ORIGINAL. Some minor wear to extremities, including occasional edge sunning, and scattered foxing in earlier vols., including edges. Only two volumes have ownership indications, an embossed stamp and a 1970 signature. Decorated by owl devices at end of text as colophon. A complete set of the first editions of Williamson's fifteen novel saga, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, published 1951-69. It relates the experiences of his hero, Phillip Maddison, including his service on the Western Front, which occupies five of the novels. The content of the work reflects the author's own life, but 'is fiction, not autobiography. Events that happened and people that existed are merged seamlessly with others that are pure invention' (Matthews, p.126). (Matthews, Henry Williamson, A Bibliography. A36 and subsequent individual entries). THIS IS A LARGE AND HEAVY SET WHICH WILL INCUR SHIPPING COSTS ABOVE THE DEFAULT RATE QUOTED BY ABE. PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE A QUOTATION FOR POSTAGE BEFORE ORDERING. FICTION WILLIAMSON LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION DUST WRAPPER FICTION. Seller Inventory # 28298

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Title: A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT SUNLIGHT. [CONTENTS:]...

Publisher: Macdonald. 1951-1969.

Publication Date: 1951

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good