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Published by The Grey Walls Press, London. 1949., 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, AustraliaSainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst edition. 8vo, 243pp, b/w illus. Good hardback copy in creased, price clipped dust jacket with chipped edges. Top corner of front free endpaper torn off. Some offsetting to endpapers. Edges foxed. Contains poems by Dylan Thomas, Hugh MacDiarmid, Patrick Kavanagh, Stephen Spender and an illustrated essay, 'How a Romantic Nov…el was Evolved', by Mervyn Peake.
Published by London: Grey Walls Press., 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo., 243 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with water staining, sun-fading, tears, losses (especially a big portion missing from a corner tucked inside cover), rubbing & edge wear; staining on FFEPs, some pages, & edges of text block; shelf wear. Former owner's bookplate on FEP: 7 Arts Book Shop, Walnut Cr…eek. Some Pages Uncut. Illustrations. First Edition.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerdj. First Edition. London, Grey Walls Press, 1949. 8vo, 244 pages. Four black and white plates by Mervyn Peake. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine, dust jacket. Edges foxed, slight soiling on top of dust jacket and creasing in spine of jacket, gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1949. § First edition. The…definitive anthology of New Romantic writers, including the essay "How a Romantic Novel was Evolved" written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Other section focus on Romanticism in Irish, Welsh, and Scottish poetry.
More imagesPublished by Grey Walls Press Limited, London, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. A very smart first edition of an exploration into the New Romantic Movement by the leading members of such revival. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.In the original cloth binding.With four monochrome plates.This work thoroughly and engagingly expl…ores The New Romantic Movement, a term used for the revival of the romanticism within writing during the years of war.It includes essays that reference various works, most notably poems ranging origins from Irish to Welsh. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is also in very smart condition. Light edge wear to extremities and stamped pricing over original flyleaf price, which is still visible. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean and bright with scattered spotting to the end papers and fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). book.
