Buy this book on-line JOHN COWPER POWYS : Jobber Skald. A novelJohn Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1935
The first English edition of 'Weymouth Sands', here re-titled and considerably bowdlerised from the US text of a year earlier. 8vo. 594pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's orange cloth, faded at the backstrip and somewhat mottled at the upper and lower boards, yet still a very crisp and bright copy. No dust wrapper. The English edition of Powys' previous novel, 'A Glastonbury Romance', resulted in a crippling libel suit, and John Lane was so determined to avoid a repeat of that turmoil that significant alterations were made to this text in order to strip it of all recognisable features. A full unedited version of Powys' intended text did not appear in the UK until 1963 (in his introduction to that edition, E.R.H.Harvey notes of this text "in the English version [of 1935] all the well-known topographical features of this historic town and even more historic hinterland disappeared without trace and with an uncompromising editorial thoroughness, which left the story not without fine qualities, but almost as free from any identity as a remote Norwegian fiord"). Thomas A33.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket 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 : Jobber Skald. A novel. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. JOHN COWPER POWYS : Jobber Skald. A novelJohn Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1936
The first English edition of 'Weymouth Sands', here re-titled and considerably bowdlerised from the US text of a year earlier. 8vo. ix, 594pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. Orange cloth lettered in blue at the spine and with the publisher's vibrant blue top edge stain. The cloth a little faded at the backstrip, with a tiny bump to the tip of one corner, a little partial toning to the free endpapers, and a light scattering of spotting to the fore edge. A very good copy in the most uncommon dust wrapper (red with cream panels, printed in black, as called for by Thomas), price-clipped and lightly rubbed and creased with several small areas of careful internal repair. The English edition of Powys' previous novel, 'A Glastonbury Romance', resulted in a crippling libel suit, and John Lane was so determined to avoid a repeat of that turmoil that significant alterations were made to this text in order to strip it of all recognisable features. A full unedited version of Powys' intended text did not appear in the UK until 1963. Thomas A33.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very 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 : Jobber Skald. A novel. 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, used books, rare books, incunabula and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |