Sea Poems (New Excursions into English Poetry)

Various; Myfanwy Piper [ed.]

Published by Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1944

About this Item

An uncommon collection of sea-themed poetry, beautifully illustrated with original lithographs. The first edition of this anthology.With the scarce original dust wrapper, price-clipped.Illustrated with sixteen coloured plates by Mona Moore. Collated, complete.This collection of poems highlights the various ways in which the sea is used in English poetry, with many unfamiliar examples given here from poets such as William Blake, Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning.Poems chosen by Myfanwy Piper, a British art critic and opera librettist. In the original illustrated cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with slight bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with a notable split down the one side, and tape reinforcements to the other. With light chipping to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a neat contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 946Y63

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sea Poems (New Excursions into English Poetry)
• Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1944
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Mona Moore
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry