Lions and Shadows

Christopher Isherwood

Published by New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1947

About this Item

The First American Edition with no additional printings listed. The book has a hint of lean but is tightly bound with light wear to corners and in original blue cloth binding, with black and gilt titles. Spine ends pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages lightly age-tanned. The dust jacket has original $3.00 price. Chipping to the spine ends and corners. Light creases and chips to the top of the front panel and browning to spine (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 312 pages. 5 1/2" X 8 1/4" tall. First published in the U.K. by Hogarth Press in 1938. Blending autobiography and fiction, "Lions and Shadows" evokes the atmosphere of Cambridge as Isherwood knew it and describes his life as a tutor, a medical student, and a struggling writer. Above all, "Lions and Shadows" is a captivating account of a young novelist's development in the literary culture of 1920s Cambridge and London and of his experiences as he forged lifelong friendships with his peers W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Edward Upward. Seller Inventory # 9232

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lions and Shadows

Publisher: New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st American Edition