Buy this book on-line JOHN COWPER POWYS : A Selection of His Poems. Edited with an introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. (INSCRIBED BY PHYLLIS PLAYTER)Macdonald, London, 1964
First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by Phyllis Playter, the author's companion for over forty years: "For Yvonne [indecipherable] to whom they should belong. From Phyllis Playter". 8vo. 224pp. Green boards lettered in gold at the spine with Powys' facsimile signature gold-stamped to the upper board. Portrait frontispiece. Edges and free endpapers lightly spotted. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly chafed in places with some nicking and fraying to the spine panel ends and to the upper edge. A six-page introduction precedes 173 poems from his collections 'Odes and Other Poems' (1896), 'Poems' (1899), 'Wolf's Bane' (1916), 'Mandragora' (1917), 'Samphires' (1922) and 'Lucifer' (1956). Thomas A60.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JOHN COWPER POWYS : A Selection of His Poems. Edited with an introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. (INSCRIBED BY PHYLLIS PLAYTER). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres anciens, used books, rare books and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |