fred marnau (39 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. The jacket is worn with archive tape repairs. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in black cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Half-toning to first free endpaper, else clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Poetry by Pierre Jean Jouve, Paul Eluard, Georg Traki, John Heath-Stubbs, Hugh MacDiarmid, Nicholas Moore and David Wright, Lorca, and others. Other contributions by Paul Potts on Ignazio Silone, "The Poetry of the Film" by Roger Manvell, a chapter from Ernst Junger's On the Marble Cliffs. Illustrations by Oskar Kokoschka, Gregorio Prieto, Naoum Gabo, and Nora Lavrin. [4], 5-206 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. brown boards with gilt titles spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, clean condition, 226pp, pages clean and VG condition.

First American edition. 8vo. 206 pp. Contributors include, Hugh Macdiarmid, Paul Eluard, F. Garcia Lorca, David Gascoyne and many others. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing. The fourth in this series of annual anthologies, mostly publishing work in translation. Includes an essay on the Austrian poet George Trakl 1887-1914) and a bilingual selection of his works in both the original German and translated by Ernst Sigler; an essay on contemporay Italian poetry and another essay on Ignazio Silone by Paul Potts as well as a story by Silone. Also included are works by Thomas Good, Oskar Kokoschka (both an article and art), Hugh MacDiarmid, Kafka, Ernst Junger, Pierre Jean Jove, Eluard, Baudelaire, F. Garcia Lorca, Nicholas Moore, and David Gascoyne and others. In addition there are black and white reproductions of art by Oskar Kokoschka, Gregorio Prieto and more as well as a selection of film still from La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc, L'Eternal Retour and others. Editorial by Marnau in which he discusses both Europe emerging from World War II and the descent of the iron curtain. 206 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, offsetting to endpapers, some wear to the top edge of the dust jacket).

hardback, 8vo, 64pp, slight browning, contents otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, printed board covers, board corners bumped, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 206p. : illustr., contents ; 23cm. Subject; Literature, Modern 20th century Periodicals. 3 Kg.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: Grey Walls Press, (1946). First Edition End-papers & dust wrapper spine lightly toned. Contributions by Ignazio Silone, Oskar Kokoshka, Franz Kafka, Garcia Lorca, David Gascoyne & others.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. ~Owner's signatuer. Dustwrapper slightly edge-worn but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardcover. Size: 87pp. 25 x 18cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine with spine lightly faded, lacking the dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper with a very small chip at the crown of the spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition without jacket on red cloth + tasteful ex libris sticker with owners name will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English Edition (first printing). Tall 8vo. 87pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Front hinge and binding just a little tender and with a touch of spotting to the front free endpaper, accompanying a light crease. A very good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, a little tanned and with a fraction or two of loss from head of the spine panel. Twenty-five poems, the original German text appears on the verso with the English translation on the recto. Former owner gift inscription.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Self-wrappers. A trifle eroded at the top of the thin spine, else very good or better.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, and the boards are clean and unmarked. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Top corner tips creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions - just a small period bookseller's label on the front pastedown (please see scans). No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's price of 10/6. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but has some loss at the top and tail of the spine, affecting the lettering, and another chip at the top edge of the back panel. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is clean and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 64 pages. First edition, first printing. Crown Classics series. Seventeen of Marvell's poems, with a lengthy introduction by Marnau. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright,Binding firm,Light wear to edges,Dust jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 4 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Franz Kafka, Paul Eluard, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Potts, Georg Trakl, Naoum Gabo, Oskar Kokoschka, Hugh MacDiarmid, Federico Garcia Lorca, Nicholas Moore, David Gascoyne et al. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with copper titles to the spine. The titles are still beautifully bright, and the boards are clean and unmarked. Edges of boards just slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine, with no previous ownership inscriptions. The contents are clean and undamaged - just some offsetting to the endpapers and half-title, with some browning to the gutter at the front pastedown. No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good typographical printed dustwrapper, which has been corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is printed on thick paper and is largely complete, but has some loss at the top and tail of the spine and corner tips. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is clean and unfaded. There is some browning to the spine. With an advert for Grey Walls Press on the back panel. ***206 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'The first issue of this anthology of European Art and Letters appeared in 1943. No. 4 contains poetry by Pierre Jean Jouve, Paul Eluard, Georg Trakl, John Heath-Stubbs, Hugh MacDiarmid, Nicholas Moore and David Wright. There is also a new translation of a poem by Lorca. Prose contributions include an article on Ignazio Silone by Paul Potts, "The Poetry of the Film" by Roger Manvell, a chapter from Ernst Jünger's "On the Marble Cliffs", and "A Little Anthology of Existential Thought" by David Gascoyne. The illustrations include reproductions of paintings by Oskar Kokoschka, Gregorio Prieto, Naoum Gabo, and Nora Lavrin, and a number of stills.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in the original dustwrapper. ***We also have a copy of Vol. 3 1945 edition and another copy of Vol. 4 1946 edition of NEW ROAD - see photos which include all three volumes. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, but there is some fading to the edges of the boards (please see scans). Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions. No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's price of 10/6 net (crossed out with a 5/- pencil price). The dustwrapper is largely complete, but has some loss at the top and tail of the spine, and a small chip from the edge of the rear foldover flap. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is clean and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***We also have two copies of Vol. 4 1946 edition of NEW ROAD - see photos which include all three volumes. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper with a blue pencil stroke on the front flap.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 226; endpaper maps, 4 illustrations in the text, and 8 plates; some brown spotting to upper edge of text block, else very good in tattered dustjacket. Including contributions by Americans Henry Miller and Kenneth Patchen. Shifreen & Jackson B31.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 4 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Franz Kafka, Paul Eluard, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Potts, Georg Trakl, Naoum Gabo, Oskar Kokoschka, Hugh MacDiarmid, Federico Garcia Lorca, Nicholas Moore, David Gascoyne et al. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with copper titles to the spine. The titles are still beautifully bright, and the boards are clean and unmarked. Edges of boards just slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine, with no previous ownership inscriptions. The contents are clean and undamaged - just some offsetting to the endpapers and half-title. No foxing. No creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good typographical printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's price of 10s. 6d. net and a 3/6 pencil price above. The dustwrapper is printed on thick paper and is virtually complete, with just some edge-wear and light creasing. The dustwrapper is clean and unfaded, with just some light browning to the spine. With an advert for Grey Walls Press on the back panel. ***206 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'The first issue of this anthology of European Art and Letters appeared in 1943. No. 4 contains poetry by Pierre Jean Jouve, Paul Eluard, Georg Trakl, John Heath-Stubbs, Hugh MacDiarmid, Nicholas Moore and David Wright. There is also a new translation of a poem by Lorca. Prose contributions include an article on Ignazio Silone by Paul Potts, "The Poetry of the Film" by Roger Manvell, a chapter from Ernst Jünger's "On the Marble Cliffs", and "A Little Anthology of Existential Thought" by David Gascoyne. The illustrations include reproductions of paintings by Oskar Kokoschka, Gregorio Prieto, Naoum Gabo, and Nora Lavrin, and a number of stills.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Uncommon, especially in a complete original dustwrapper. ***We also have a copy of Vol. 3 1945 edition and another copy of Vol. 4 1946 edition of NEW ROAD - see photos which include all three volumes. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good, slightly tanned dustwrapper with some light wear to the ends of the spine and edges of the panels.

Softcover. Zustand: Gut. erstausgabe. oktav softcover. gutes exemplar. 272 seiten; broschur mit farbig illustr. schutzumschlag - dieser randlädiert.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by both the author and the translator, Marnau's inscription dated 1945 and Sigler's undated. 4to. 87pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge lightly spotted with some fairly light browning and spotting to endpapers and pastedowns. A very crisp and bright copy in tanned and lightly rubbed and spotted non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Twenty-five poems, the original German text appears on the verso with the English translation on adjacent rectos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First and only printing of Volume 3 of this Grey Walls Press anthology. Edited by Fred Marnau. Includes a wide range of contributions by authors and artists such as: Dostoevsky, Lermontov, William Blake, Denise Levertoff, Ruthven Todd, Apollinaire, Picasso, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Georg Trakl et al. ***Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, and the boards are quite clean - only slightly marked. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Top corner tips creased. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed. Internally near fine, with map-illustrated endpapers including the names of contributors. The contents are clean and undamaged with no previous ownership inscriptions - beautifully clean pages with no foxing, and no creases or tears to the thin paper. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which is virtually complete, and retains the original publisher's price of 10/6. The dustwrapper has some loss at the top of the spine, but not affecting the lettering, and another chip at the top corner tip of the front panel. There is some edge-wear and light creasing, but the dustwrapper is extremely clean - just some light marks to the front panel and unfaded. With an advert for Poetry Quarterly edited by Wrey Gardiner on the rear inner flap. ***226 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'NEW ROAD 1945 is the third issue of an annual of European Art and Letters. This number is edited by FRED MARNAU, whose book of poems, "The Wounds of the apostles," attracted considerable attention a year ago. NEW ROAD 1946 is now in active preparation under the same editorship. The editor hopes that it may now be possible for European writers to get in touch more easily with the world and thus escape the barriers of frontiers and the insult of censorship which are often the breeding ground of provincialism. It is felt that we must find and hear the few who have preserved the essentials of European Liberty.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 - 13 March 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth. Gardiner was a noted and well-connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around Second World War, though very much in the tradition of the literary amateur. His significance in publishing came with his editorship of the magazine Poetry Quarterly. He became its assistant editor in 1939, with its first edition published in Spring 1940 and continuing until 1953. Towards the end of 1940 he established the Grey Walls Press, in Billericay, Essex. Grey Walls subsequently merged with Falcon Press, the publishing company run by Peter Baker MP. Initially, this gave the company new capital but it later involved Grey Walls in Baker's bankruptcy. "NEW ROAD - New Directions in Art & Writing" was a series of anthologies published by Grey Walls Press, the first two of which were edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss. These are: Volume 1 (1943) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss - including a special 50-page surrealist section; Volume 2 (1944) - Edited by Alex Comfort and John Bayliss; Volume 3 (1945) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 4 (1946) - Edited by Fred Marnau; Volume 5 (1949) - Edited by Charles Wrey Gardiner.' (Wiki) ***First and only printing of this 1945 anthology of writing and art, in its original wartime dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition. Includes work by a huge range of European writers and artists. Extremely uncommon in this condition, in a largely complete example of the very thin and fragile dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. German and English on opposite pages. Portrait frontispiece by Gegorio Prieto. Black cloth, spine gilt, slightly dusty dust-jacket. A very good copy. Presentation inscription from the author on the title-page. Inscribed by Author(s).