[A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight]. [Complete Set of the First Uniform Edition]. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
by WILLIAMSON Henry
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Macdonald,, [1984-85]. 15 vols., 8vo., Second Macdonald Edition [First Uniform Edition]; cloth, gilt backs, all near fine copies in dustwrapper. Complete set of the 'Chronicle', comprising 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', 'Young Philip Maddison', 'How Dear is Life', 'A Fox under my Cloak', 'The Golden Virgin', 'Love and the Loveless', 'A Test to Destruction', 'The Innocent Moon', 'It was the Nightingale', 'The Power of the Dead', 'The Phoenix Generation', 'A Solitary War', 'Lucifer at Sunrise' and 'The Gale of the World'. This is the second edition by Macdonald, the first uniform edition and the only hardback issue of the full set other then the original editions of 1951-69. EXTREMELY SCARCE AS A SET, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Matthews A36, p.127.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43399
- Title
- [A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight]. [Complete Set of the First Uniform Edition]. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- WILLIAMSON Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald,
- Date Published
- [1984-85]
- Keywords
- modern firsts, henry williamson, novels, chronicle, ancient sunlight, maddison, ww1, great war, henry williamson, modern first editions, chronicle, ancient, sunlight
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