Seasons Pause by Strachan (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Navy Blue Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 185 x 125 mm approx. 64 pp First Edition 1950. Collection of poems some of which having previously appeared in periodicals to which acknowledgment given. The copy offered is inscribed and signed by the author in ink to the front free end paper and in addition signed by him to the title page. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Very Good/ Good (Book - milg eneral shelf wear and soiling to cloth, offset browning bands to free end papers, author inscription and signature as above. Dust spotting to top edge of book bloock and slight foxing to fore edge. Binding sound. Dust Jacket - moderate shelf wear, handling and general soiling, non price clipped - cover 7s6d. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Please request via "ask bookseller a question/contact bookseller" after placing order if you would like a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted prior to posting at no extra cost. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. With jacket. 64 pp. Occasional light pencil notes. One ringmark to front of jacket. VG / VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 64 pp., small 8vo, blue cloth, gilt spine title, dustjacket. With a warm, contemporary presentation inscription from poet, translator, arts advocate and educator W. J. Strachan (1903-1994) to British painter, engraver and art educator Geoffrey Rhoades (1898-1980). Strachan met Rhoades after the latter joined the faculty at Bishop's Stortford College, a boys' public school in Hertfordshire, where Strachan also taught. The two became good friends, as evidenced by their extensive correspondence. Very good, well-preserved copy (light foxing on the endleaves and a few spots on the foredge) in a very good dustjacket (some age-toning at the spine panel and edges).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1950 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 64. Poetry. Signed presentation from the author 'To Joan m Pilsbury, superb calligrapher from W J Strachan.' Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.

First edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, mostly dulled, inscribed by Strachan on the front free endpaper "To Biddy. April 1st 1959", underneath this is a distinctively illustrated bookplate purportedly Strachan's own, an explanatory note in another hand beneath this reads: "Krol original copper engraved ex-libris 'Done unbeknown to me - the signature is forged! - par amitié' - 'the last poor few' (WJS 13.2.93. on the occasion of his celebratory 90th birthday celebratory at B[isho]ps Stortford)". A few marks to the upper board, some fading to the lower side, very good.…