Author: Ned O'Gorman
Title: The Night of the Hammer
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper of this collection of poems by Ned O'Gorman, inscribed by the author. A collection of Ned O'Gorman's poetry, inscribed by the author to the title page 'Inscribed with devotion and my wishes for God's blessings,' dated 1959. The first edition of this work, including titles such as 'Childhood,' 'The Aunt,' 'The Tunnel,' and more. With the unclipped dust wrapper. From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. inscribed by the author to the title page, dated 1959. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear and a minor chipping to the extremities of the spine . Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
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Title: The Night of the Hammer
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper of this collection of poems by Ned O'Gorman, inscribed by the author. A collection of Ned O'Gorman's poetry, inscribed by the author to the title page 'Inscribed with devotion and my wishes for God's blessings,' dated 1959. The first edition of this work, including titles such as 'Childhood,' 'The Aunt,' 'The Tunnel,' and more. With the unclipped dust wrapper. From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. inscribed by the author to the title page, dated 1959. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear and a minor chipping to the extremities of the spine . Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
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Price: GBP 44.00 = appr. US$ 62.83 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 795A31
- Book number: 795A31
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