Chesshire May (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 23 pages. Extracts from a poets correspondence. Not dated but believed to be 1937. A clean and sound book, although the spine strip is breaking up. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 8"x10".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Edition of 250 copies. 23 p. 27 cm. B&w line drawing. Brown cloth spine with green paper covered boards. Pasted-on label on front. Some soiling to boards. Bumped corners. Occasional spotting and thumbing but for the most part paper very clean and bright.

small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, paper cover label. (vi), 23+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies. A collection of poems written by May Chesshire, selected from letters to her brother Llewelyn. They were selected and arranged by Diana Harding, with a preface by John Cowper Powys. It is illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece. Minor discoloration of the spine and the corners are slightly rubbed. Split along part of front hinge. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, paper cover label. Guthrie, Stuart (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 250 copies. Large 8vo (26 x 20 cm). pp 23. Monochrome frontispiece. With original glassine wrapper. Blue-green paper-covered boards, backed by brown cloth; paper title label to front board. Glassine wrapper torn and chipped to edges, with minor loss to ends of spine. Boards with a touch of edgewear; some discolouration to spine. Internally clean, with just a couple of small spots. Binding firm.…

First Edition. Date cannot be verified. Very good copy in the original cloth over paper-labelled, paper-wrapped boards. Spine bands and panel edges worn and dulled as with age. Spine cloth stained. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves 23, [1] pages : frontispiece (illustration) ; 27 cm. Notes; Date from colophon. Letterpress printed. "Set up by hand, in Bell type, and printed on unbleached Arnold paper, in an edition of 250 copies "-- Colophon. Subjects; Chesshire, May ; Correspondence. Powys, Llewelyn 1884-1939 ; Correspondence. Powys, Llewelyn 1884-1939. 1 Kg. …

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Extracts from Letters written by Miss May Chesshire, a West Country Poet, to Llewelyn Powys. Selected and Arranged by Diana Harding. Preface by John Cowper Powys. Frontis. 4to. 1st ed. Horsham (Stuart Guthrie) 1937. One of 250 copies. Cloth-backed boards. Spine stained, else about fine.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Board with Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Edition of 250 copies, pp [5] + 23 + [1] , Selected and arranged by Diana Harding. Clean fesh pages. No previous ownership markings.

First Edition. Date cannot be verified. Very good copy in the original cloth over paper-labelled, paper-wrapped boards. Spine bands and panel edges worn and dulled as with age. Spine cloth stained. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves 23, [1] pages : frontispiece (illustration) ; 27 cm. Notes; Date from colophon. Letterpress printed. "Set up by hand, in Bell type, and printed on unbleached Arnold paper, in an edition of 250 copies "-- Colophon. Subjects; Chesshire, May ; Correspondence. Powys, Llewelyn 1884-1939 ; Correspondence. Powys, Llewelyn 1884-1939. 1 Kg. …

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First edition. The uncommon first limited edition of this anthology of letters from May Chesshire to Llewelyn Powys. First limited edition of An Anthology, Extracts from Letters written by May Chesshire a West Country Poet to Llewelyn Powys, selected and arranged by Diana Harding.In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding.With a preface by the brother of Llewelyn Powys, John Cowper Powys.A lovely collection of love letters and personal poems.Set up by hand in Bell type and printed on unbleached Arnold paper. Limited to 250 copies. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and paper wrapped boards. Externally, excellent. There is some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An excellent copy of Diana Harding's Limited Edition publication of the letters sent by West Country poet May Chesshire to her friend, novelist Llewelyn Powys. Limited to two-hundred and fifty unnumbered copies.With an illustrated frontispiece, retaining the original glassine wrapper.Diana Harding has selected and arranged extracts from the letters Miss May Chesshire sent to Powys, including many charming and brief excerpts of Chesshire's poetry that were sent Powys's way.Painting a fascinating portrait of an intimate friendship with the essayist and novelist, brother of prominent writers John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards, with the original protective glassine. Slight discolouration to back strip, otherwise externally excellent. Losses to glassine back strip, with wraps complete. Internally, firmly bound. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …