Prose and Poetry by Meynell, Alice - 1947

London UK: Jonathan Cape, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Centenary Volume edited by F. P. , V. M. , O. S. & F. M. with a biographical & critical introduction by V. Sackville-West. 394 pages; 6 x 9

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Centenary Volume edited by F.P., V.M., O.S. & F.M. Biographical and critical introduction by V. Sackville-West. First Edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 8vo. 394 pages. 3 portrait plates. Original cloth, spine slightly soiled, very good condition, no owner's name, lacking dustjacket. ; 3 portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 394 pages .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. Book. Good +. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 394pp.Centenary volume, with a biographical and critical introduction by sackville west, a good copy, blue cloth cover, spine a little sunned, short inscription on the first page, otherwise sound throughout..

Ayer Co Pub, 1947-06-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover, no DJ. Covers show light edge wear. Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Association copy with gift inscription from novelist Viola Meynell, daughter of Alice Meynell. First edition. 8vo in cloth. 394 pp. VG. Light wear. BInding is strong. Ownership signature of actor Edward Herrmann in pencil on the rear endpaper and his small bookplate on the front pastedown. Text is clean.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. Edited by F. P., V. M., O. S., & P. M. with a biographical & critical introduction by V. Sackville-West. Pp. 394, frontispiece portrait, plus 2 portrait plates, title page decoration printed in red, bibliographical note; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked, fore-corners lightly bruised; top edges blue/grey; dust wrappper, soiled and worn, edges torn and chipped, with tape repair on reverse at head of backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1947. First edition. Cross and Ravenscroft-Hulme B.29 *The editors were Frederick Page, Viola Meynell (Alice's daughter), Olivia Sowerby and Francis Meynell (Alice's son, and the proprietor of the Nonesuch Press). poetry of Alice Meynell (1847-1922) was for a time so popular that she was twice mentioned as a possible Poet Laureate (after the deaths of Tennyson and Alfred Austin).

London: Jonathan Cape, 30 Bedford Square, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 394 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates: portraits; 23 cm. Contents: Prefatory poems -- Literature and language -- Women -- Commentaries -- In Italy -- Landscape -- The children -- Introductions and reviews -- Selected poems -- Bibliographical note. Subjects: Meynell, Alice 1847-1922. English essays 19th century.