Drummond allison (14 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Limited copy of 22 of only 200 copies. Physical description; xvii, 86 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Limited edition of 200 copies. Subjects; English poetry. Bulldog poet. Literature. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 127 pages. Price clipped. dj dented. on front.1979. First Edition. 127 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth boards. c loth boards with gilt lettering. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and co lour plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issu es present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning a nd thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear wit h light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt letteri ng is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears an d chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Zustand: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,86pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, brown cloth, gilt titles, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0704901072.

hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 128 Seiten; 9780950278636.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 300 copies - this one inscribed by the editor on the title page to an un-named recipient, dated the year of publication, and with an accompanying handwritten letter laid-in. 8vo. 213pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with eleven photographs. A fine copy in very slightly toned dust wrapper, with some fading to the red spine panel lettering. One hundred and nineteen poems, nearly fifty of them hitherto unprinted, plus poems in tribute by Sidney Keyes, Robert Conquest and John Lehmann, and three critical appreciations. John Drummond Allison was killed in action in Italy in December 1943, shortly after having checked the proofs for his first volume of verse, 'The Yellow Night', posthumously issued by the Fortune Press in 1944. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Black hardcover with title in faded gilt on spine. Condition: Very good. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. A label with a handwritten inscription in ink "With love from Drummond Allison" is fixed just below the portrait frontispiece of Allison by David Haughton (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with sunning to edges and a couple of small tears. 48pp. b/w frontispiece portrait and decorations within the book are by David Haughton (1924-1991). Drummond Allison (1921-1943) was an English war poet, killed in action in Garigliano, Italy, and now buried there in the Minturno war cemetery. Allison died in 1943 and the book was published in 1944, so presumably the label with the handwritten note and signature fixed under the frontispiece was written prior to his death. David Haughton (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 21 x 15 cm. 47 pp. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear and toning to extremes. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine: crisp and clean. Clean throughout with entirely form binding. Offset pages.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Limited Edition. 8vo. limited edition 300 copies, 213 pp. ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated 1994, complements slip from editor, some light foxing to foredges, very good in original red cloth gilt, and dustwrapper with some very light shelfwear and some minor foxing on the inside of wrapper, title faintly sunned, very good. see photos of this copy supplied. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition, First Issue. 48 pp., First edition, first issue. Signed label pasted to the half title. Black cloth binding with some marks and bumping to the boards and some darkening to the edges of the leaves, other wise clean. Portrait and decorations by David Haughton. Drummond Allison was a war poet of the second world war with this collection of his works published a year after his death at Monte Cassino. 8vo. Haughton, David (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this varied modern collection of poetry. A scarce first edition. A collection of poetry by a variety of artists. Bound in publisher'soriginal red paper wraps. Featuring the work of soldier poet Keith Douglas, Gordon Swaine, translator and journalist Michael Meyer, Roy Porter and WWII poet Drummond Allison. Bound in original paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Moderate loss to head. Small loss to tail and front joint. Significant ink stain to rear cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally mildly age toned, and otherwise bright and clean. Small ink stain to text block top edge. Very Good. None (illustrator). book. …

Hardback. Limited Edition. This book of poems is published privately in an original run of 300. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. A very smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from English war poet John Drummond Allison. Limited to three hundred copies. Very scarce work. A collection of poetry from John Drummond Allison, an English war poet of the Second World War. With poems organised into each year of his service as an Intelligence Officer in the East Surrey Regiment, until his death in action on the Garigliano in Italy in 1943. Edited and introduced by Stephen Benson, a British lecturer in contemporary British literature. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

First edition. Original black cloth, spine lettering dull as always; fine, basically. With an 8-line autograph working draft, extensively re-written, of Barker's "Love Poem VIII" written in pencil on the front endpaper, dated 1946. Drummond Allison (1921- 2 December 1943) was an English war poet of World War II. He was born in Caterham, Surrey, and educated at Bishop's Stortford College and at Queen's College, Oxford. After Sandhurst training, he became an intelligence officer in the East Surrey Regiment. He served in North Africa and Italy, where he was killed in action fighting on the Garigliano.…