The Chequer'd Shade : Reflections on Obscurity in Poetry by Press, John - 1958

Oxford University Press, January 1963. Paper Back. Acceptable. paperback

Oxford University Press, 1958 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean, straight and tight in price-clipped jacket w/one closed tear.

Oxford University Press, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 229 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

London: OuP, 1958. First. . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 12mo. po's label to fpd, name and blind emboss to title page. Dw has wear to edges.

Oxford Press, 1963. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1963 edition. Paper softcover has light soiling and fading. Binding is uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. 229 pages. LO

Softbound. Near Fine. Reflections on Obscurity in Poetry. 1st pb ed. L.(OUP) 1963. Wraps. Small shelfmark else about fine.

Oxford University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Oxford University Press, 1958. Good. , Hardcover, Clean copy in worn dust jacket. 229 pages. Cover lightly spotted. Interior very good, clean,tight. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

Oxford University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Stated. 229 pages. Signed by the author. Dedicated "For Edward and Alison" on front endpaper. Red dust jacket with white lettering over green cloth. Pencil marking to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket in protective plastic cover. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine, with minor staining and soiling to DJ.

Oxford University Press: London, 1963 Oxford University Press: London, 1963. Soft cover. 229 lightly tanned pages, some shelf rubbing to covers Otherwise inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Oxford University Press, 1958. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. viii+229pp, index, Ex Libris J B Priestly with his bookplate, spine of the price clipped dustjacket sunned & edge rubbed, a nice copy. Detailed study of poetry in which the author contests that it is not just modern poets who are 'difficult' & 'obscure', but that these traits have been part of poetry for many centuries.