Letters from Iceland
by Auden, W. H. and Louis MacNeice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, with clipped d/j (bumped and chipped at head); green clothbound boards good (some tanning at edges/spine
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1937. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, with clipped d/j (bumped and chipped at head); green clothbound boards good (some tanning at edges/spine, red/blue spine titling clear; text block firm, pages and photographic plates unmarked and tight. Loose inserts flyer for The Group Theatre & Faber's mailing list; pull-out map of Iceland v.g.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). As the cover says, ""This book takes the form of a series of letters, some in verse, written from Iceland in the summer of 1936. The recipients of the letters include Lord Byron, a tourist, an employee of Shell-Mex, a member of the Oxford City Council, a Cambridge lady don, an Icelandic journalist, and a well-known young painter. In addition, Mr MacNeice contributes an eclogue between two tourists and the ghost of Grettir, and Mr Auden some amateur photographs. There may be a good many other books about Iceland and about other expeditions, but this is the only book by Mr Auden and Mr MacNeice.""
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC99047
- Title
- Letters from Iceland
- Author
- Auden, W. H. and Louis MacNeice
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, with clipped d/j (bumped and chipped at head); green clothbound boards good (some tanning at edges/spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 268
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- travel, 1st, letters, poetry photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Spine
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