Glory of Life by Powys, Llewelyn - 1975

Village Press, London, 1975,. 1975. Soft cover. paperback, 44pp, owner's name on endpaper, slight browning, text clean and spund, cover edges rubbed, Good condition. .

London: Village Press. Very Good+. 1975. Softcover. First Village Press Edition. "Into this short essay Llewelyn Powys put the quintessence of his beliefs and philosophy." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minimal edge wear. Tiny bumps on spine ends. Small tear on spine tail. Front cover slightly turns up at fore-edge. Slightly tanned on edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages .

The Bodley Head, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. Hardcover, in jacket. Text is free of marks, binding is still strong. Some light brown spotting (foxing) to pages and page edges. Moderate exterior wear. Jacket soiled, edgeworn. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1938). First trade edition. Octavo, brown cloth boards, pp. 44; printed by Hague & Gill. Front free endpaper quite darkened along left margin, else near fine in dust jacket..

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938. Pp. 44+[2](author's device, verso blank), photogravure frontispiece; reddish-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with the author's device of an Egyptian ankh in gilt on upper board, edges of boards faintly faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip browned, a little silverfish damage below top edge of front panel near backstrip; John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1938. Second edition. Foss A18b. *First published by The Golden Cockerel Press in 1934, in a limited edition of 277 copies with illustrations by Robert Gibbings. According to Foss (p. 65), this edition was 'substantially altered' from the first edition: 'almost 1000 words were omitted, mostly towards the end where there is an attack on schoolmen theologians'.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 36(last colophon), the title, several initials and one headline printed in red, frontispiece plus 13 text illustrations; super roy. 4to; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, beige cloth boards, lightly foxed and faintly soiled, with a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1934. Edition limited to 277 numbered copies on specially watermarked Batchelor paper. Chanticleer 9l. *Christopher Sandford described this volume as 'Probably the finest example of Robert Gibbings' book illustration' [Chanticleer. p.40].