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John Masefield, O.M.: a Bibliography and Eighty-First Birthday Tribute (SIGNED)
by Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st limited edition (numbered 246a / 999) and signed on half-title by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor in purple; maroon cloth
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cranbrook Tower Press, 1960. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st limited edition (numbered 246a / 999) and signed on half-title by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor in purple; maroon cloth boards (very slightest scuffing on edges) with gilt on blue spine and cover titling; text block firm, pages crisp (top edge blue).. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). A Tribute to the Poet Laureate John Masefield with a bibliography for his 81st Birthday in 1960. A limited signed edition of 999 copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132670
- Title
- John Masefield, O.M.: a Bibliography and Eighty-First Birthday Tribute (SIGNED)
- Author
- Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st limited edition (numbered 246a / 999) and signed on half-title by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor in purple; maroon cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cranbrook Tower Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, signed, poetry, literary criticism, bibliography, Masefield, Poet Laureate, Handley-Taylor, limited
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- Crisp
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