Author: WILLIAMSON Henry
Title: ['A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight']. [With new introduction by Anne Williamson]. NEAR FINE SET OF THE FIRST COMPLETE 'CHRONICLE' IN PAPERBACK
Description: Alan Sutton, [Stroud],, [1994-1996]. 15 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine set. The series comprises: 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', Young Phillip 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 Before Sunrise' and 'The Gale Of The World'. The fourth collected edition and the only complete set in paperback. The text is a faithful reprint of the first edition though the type is sometimes reset; the wrappers are illustrated from well-known paintings. Each volume has a 6pp Introduction by Anne Williamson dated 1994; this is mainly biographical and is common to the set. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Matthews A36, 4 (set); A37, 1994; A38, 1994; A40, 1995; A41, 1995; A42, 1996; A43, 1996; A45, 1997; A48, 1997; A50, 1998; A51, 1998; A52, 1999; A54, 1999; A54, 1999' A55, 1999; A56, 1999 (individual volumes).

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