Lyons Islay Courcy (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Good. Lyons, Islay De Courcy (illustrator). Photographs of Paestum by Islay de Courcy Lyons. Smaller sturdy book, white cloth spine, blue boards, black lettering on spine, spine slightly slanted, 119 pages. DJ beneath mylar, a photograph of an archway through a stone wall on front and spine, other Bryher novels praised on back. DJ soiled, inside covers too. Torn at top front of DJ. Near Good DJ/Very Good book.

A vintage photograph of Veit, who was friends with Islay Lyons and Kenneth Macpherson during their time in Italy. Another image of Veit appears in Islay Lyons: Photographs (1996). With Lyons' copyright stamp on verso, dated 1958 and a penned notation "Sandy." (12" x 9.5"). Very good, a bit of silvering to edges. An original vintage photograph taken by Islay DeCourcy Lyons. Longtime companion of Kenneth Macpherson, the two maintained a home in Capri for many year. They "adopted" Norman Douglas in his later years at the urging of Bryer (Winifred Ellerman) and he lived with the two until his death in 1952. This image comes from the Estate of Lyons and is in near fine condition.