Buy this book on-line JOHN COWPER POWYS : Owen Glendower. An Historical Novel. (INSCRIBED)Simon & Schuster, New York [1941].
First Edition (first printing), complete in two volumes. A presentation set, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of the first volume to his close friend and Corwen neighbour: "Evan Roberts, with affectionate Admiration from his grateful friend John Cowper Powys, 7 Cae Coed, Corwen April 1st 1941". Pasted to the front pastedown is a newspaper clipping of a poem by Powys composed for Roberts' sixty-fifth birthday. The front free endpaper of the second volume contains Roberts' neat ownership inscription, and his embossed address stamp appears on both free endpapers. 8vo. xxvi [i.e. xxviii], 436pp and viii, [504pp]. Black cloth, blocked in maroon and lettered and ruled in gold at the spines, with the author's holograph signature gold-stamped to the upper boards. Fore- and lower edges rough-trimmed. The cloth at the backstrips very slightly faded, and each displaying Evan Roberts' pasted initials. A very good set. No dust wrappers called for, but lacking the thin cardboard presentation box. 5,250 copies were printed. This US edition, copyrighted 1940 but in fact published in January 1941, precedes the UK edition by a year. Thomas A41.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover 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 : Owen Glendower. An Historical Novel. (INSCRIBED). 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 out of print books, livres rares, atlases, livres illustrées and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |