The Human Age Book One: Childermass by Wyndham Lewis; Michael Ayrton - 1956

London: The National Book League., 1971. First edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Original card covers. Introduction by T.G.Rosenthal, Chronologies, 48 b/w illustrations. Last dozen pages a little cockled.

London: Methuen & Co., 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated dust-jacket, wear to edges and some loss at spine head, but has been preserved in a clear removable cover. Book bound in red cloth with gilt decoration on the front, gilt title, some shelf wear to the very bottom edge but remaining clean bright and square. Remains of library paste-downs and library date stamps to the front end papers and a library stamp to the publisher page. Hinge and text block firm though webbing revealed along he inside edge of title page. Closed page edges browned but internally pages are smooth and clean.

Redfern Gallery, London., (1949). First edition. Royal octavo. pp [16]. Six artworks are illustrated. Wrappers. Foreword by Michael Ayrton and an introduction by Wyndham Lewis himself. The catalogue of an exhibition.Staples rusted away. Covers creased at edges. Nick to fore-edge of rear cover. Very good.

London: Methuen, 1955. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo. Hardcover. Good/good. white cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 566 pp, spine cocked, stain to cloth, dj slightly frayed, some pencil annotations Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: Methuen & Co, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. An apparently unread copy near fine in near fine, clipped dustjacket. The second and third parts to The Childermass (1928).

Methuen, London , 1955. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Thick, heavy 8vo. in gilt and black printed white cloth covered boards, 566pp, full page b/w plates (and jacket design) by Ayrton __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of tanning to spine and page-block edges, top edge of page block faintly dusty) in a slightly loose fitting and slightly edge-chipped and tanned but otherwise VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket (chips have been artfully disguised with loose black paper backing, looks fine in its removable transparent protector) . __NOTE Due to size and/or weight posting to some destinations outside the UK will cost more than the shipping price shown. Orders made by card will be completed after you have approved the extra cost. ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London, Secker & Warburg, 1973. . First edition, number 57 of 100 copies signed by Mrs Wyndham Lewis, Michael Ayrton and Walter Allen; 8vo; frontispiece etching by Ayrton signed & numbered by him in pencil; publisher's red buckram, matching slip-case, a near fine copy. The first edition of this satirical attack on the book world, originally destined for publication in 1936 but pulled by the then publishers Jonathan Cape for fear of libel. The characteristic portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Michael Ayrton is entitled 'Mr Wyndham Lewis regarding, with distaste and rancour, the literary establishment of the 1930s'. Morrow & Lafourcade A47a.

London, Secker & Warburg, 1973. . First edition, number 29 of 100 copies signed by Mrs Wyndham Lewis, Michael Ayrton and Walter Allen; 8vo; frontispiece etching by Ayrton signed & numbered by him in pencil; publisher's red buckram, matching slip-case, a near fine copy; with the trade edition of the same. The first edition of this satirical attack on the book world, originally destined for publication in 1936 but pulled by the then publishers Jonathan Cape for fear of libel. The characteristic portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Michael Ayrton is entitled 'Mr Wyndham Lewis regarding, with distaste and rancour, the literary establishment of the 1930s'. Morrow & Lafourcade A47a.