Author: HENRY WILLIAMSON.
Title: The Flax of Dream sequence, complete in four volumes comprising 'The Beautiful Years', 'Dandelion Days', 'Dream of Fair Women' [and] 'The Pathway'.
Description: Faber, London 1929-1931 [and] Jonathan Cape, London 1928. Hardcover. The revised Faber issues of the first three volumes, and the correct first edition of the final volume. Individual volumes as follows: 'The Beautiful Years'. Faber, London 1929. The second edition, revised and issued here seven years after the original Collins edition (this being the correct first state issue, with two lines transposed on p.62). 8vo. 446pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Binding just a fraction tender at several gatherings and with a hint tiny of partial browning to the free endpapers. Contemporary former owner name neatly inked to the head of the front free endpapers. A very good copy lightly tanned and spotted price-clipped dust wrapper. A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid-in. 'Dandelion Days'. Faber, London 1930. The second edition, heavily revised and issued here eight years after the original Collins edition. 8vo. 313pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge very lightly dust marked and with just a trace of very faint partial browning to the free endpapers. A lovely bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little tanned and lightly spotted, as is so often the case, and with just a touch of edge wear but nothing approaching significant loss. An introductory note from the author, in the form of a letter to Andrew Dakers, notes that "only seventeen sentences remain of the original published version". 'The Dream of Fair Women'. Faber, London 1931. The second edition, heavily revised and issued here seven years after the original Collins edition. 8vo. 446pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Backstrip ends very lightly rubbed and the edges lightly spotted. A lovely crisp copy housed in the uncommon dust wrapper, price-clipped, and somewhat tanned, spotted and chipped as is invariably the case, with some internal reinforcement. 'The Pathway'. Jonathan Cape, London 1928. First edition. 8vo. 415pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Backstrip ends gently bruised and with some light partial browning and spotting to the free endpapers and just a tiny hint of further browning to the half-title. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, light tanned at the spine panel with just a hint of occasional dust marking and touch of light edgewear. (The blurb on the front wrapper flap contains the required misprint "last generation" instead of "lost generation"). A very nice set, the Faber issues in dust wrappers are now increasingly elusive. Very Good/Good.

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