THE TAKING OF HELEN by Masefield, John - 1923

"The Taking Of Helen," by John Masefield , (1923), (Signed), No. 137 of 750 TRUE FIRST EDITIONS issued, hrdbk. No Dust Jacket. Book has staining to Front and Back Boards, and FON at top near outer edge of Front end page and sun staining to all pages, as well as, inside of Front at top near outer edge of Back Board and near gutter at bottom of inside of Back Board. A Mylar cover has been placed around Book to protect the Book from any further damage. I rate this Book in Good+ condition. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 1/2", 15 oz.

William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. White and blue cloth. Authors signature to front endpaper. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and rough cut edges to text block. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and fair foxing to spine.

New York, NY: Macmillan Co. Fair/NO DUSTJACKET. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover Boards. 8vo., 98 pp., spine chipped & frayed, cover rubbed, soiled & chipped, margins yellowed .

London: William Heinemann, 1923. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1923--number 239 of 750 numbered copies. Vellum-backed boards with gilt title on spine and gilt top edge, 96 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, gift inscription in ink on the front flyleaf, light rubbing or bumping to the tips of the covers, no dust jacket or slipcase.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Limited edition, numbered 593 of 750. Signed by author without inscription. No jacket. Rear board lightly smudge, boards faintly toned. 1923 Hard Cover. 98 pp. John Masefield, (born June 1, 1878, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Eng.—died May 12, 1967, near Abingdon, Berkshire), poet, best known for his poems of the sea, Salt-Water Ballads (1902, including “Sea Fever” and “Cargoes”), and for his long narrative poems, such as The Everlasting Mercy (1911), which shocked literary orthodoxy with its phrases of a colloquial coarseness hitherto unknown in 20th-century English verse. Educated at King’s School, Warwick, Masefield was apprenticed aboard a windjammer that sailed around Cape Horn. He left the sea after that voyage and spent several years living precariously in the United States. His… Read More

William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Numbered 64/780. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Macmillan Company. Very Good+. 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Limited to 750 copies, this copy is number 647 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The edges of the book covers have some light toning. There is some beginning ground-in dirt to the covers as well. The text pages are clean and bright. Both endpapers have heavy patches of toning where newspaper articles have been laid-in. "In 1921 Masefield received an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of Oxford. In 1923 he organised Oxford Recitations, an annual contest whose purpose was "to discover good speakers of verse and to encourage 'the beautiful speaking of poetry'." Given the numbers of contest applicants, the event's promotion of natural speech in poetical recitations, and the number of people learning how… Read More

NY: Macmillan Company. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a little soiled else about VG. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Blue cloth and boards, paper title label on front board, [7], 98p. **The autographed edition of 750 copies, of which this is Number 591, J. Masefield.; Signed by Author .

William Heinemann, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue paper covered boards with vellum spine. Flat singed by John Masefield on publication page. Numbered 317 out of 750. First gathering is loose, otherwise binding is firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed. Water staining throughout. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Strong tanning to spine and edges.

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 98 pages, 8vo. Missing slipcase. Limited Edition of 750 copies, of which this is copy no.682. SIGNED by the author john Masefield on limited page. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, tanning on cover boards, heavy tanning and foxing throughout volume, previous owner's name written and stamped on front endpaper. Tightly bound. Volume is in Good condition..