Clare Leighton

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First printing A Near Fine Copy in VG+ dust jacket. Octavo ( 6 x 8 3/8 inches). Black boards with label to cover and spine. Chips to spine of DJ. Pp. xvi, 85, illustated with wood engravings by Clare Leighton. 'Letters', or poems to Elinor Wylie, Amy Lowell, Eleonora Duse, Emily Dickinson, Virginia Clemm (Mrs. Edgar Allan Poe), Fanny Brawne, Sappho and Lot's Wife. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Co., 1939. First printing A Very Good Copy in a Very Good DJ. Octavo. (6.25 x 9.5 inches). Pictorial boards with matching dj. Slight foxing to inside cover. Minor chips to dj. Pp. 178, fully illustrated with text drawings. As a departure from her characteristic woodcut style, Ms. Leighton illustrates this reflective work of prose with a fluidity suitable to the lithographic print. The Author's reverie on a New Years Eve's Mid-Atlantic crossing. more information

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London: Duckworth, 1930. New Edition (Illustrated) A Good copy in a Good DJ. 8 Vo ( 6 x 9 inches). Green veined cloth with green spine w/ gold lettering. Aging to the top edge of the boards and spine. Sunned spine on dj. Offsetting and minor foxing to front free end paper. Pp. 343, plus frontispiece and 6 full page wood engraved plates and 11 headpieces and tailpieces engraved by Leighton. This New Edition is the first Illustrated edition with wood engravings by Clare Leighton, and a new foreword by the Author. more information

Offered by Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books, ABAA (United States)