The Acreage of the Heart
by TODD, Ruthven; MAXWELL, John (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[Glasgow]: William MacLellan/ Poetry Scotland Series, 1944. Quarter cloth, paper boards. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Slim 8vo, pp. 32 + colour frontis by Maxwell. Quarter red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, white paper boards. Gently soiled, darkened in patches (from losses to DJ), creased, bottom corners bumped and chipped, nick to top edge of rear board. Toned, POI in blue pen to ffep: "Anne Grant/ May 28 1945/ Edinburgh." Else, clean and tight. In John Maxwell's wonderful original dust jacket: soiled, a number of closed tears and losses. Good+/ good+ Ruthven Todd (1914-1978), was a Scottish poet, artist, novelist, and William Blake expert. The year of publication was otherwise an annus horribilis for Todd, who had recently separated from his wife, Cicely (n�e Crew) and whose Bloomsbury flat was hit by a flying bomb, necessitating a move to Essex. The collection closes with poems on artists and writers, including Blake, Paul Klee, Picasso, Arthur Rimbaud and H. G. Wells.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2564
- Title
- The Acreage of the Heart
- Author
- TODD, Ruthven; MAXWELL, John (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Quarter cloth, paper boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William MacLellan/ Poetry Scotland Series
- Place of Publication
- [Glasgow]
- Date Published
- 1944
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