Author: W. B. Drayton Henderson
Title: The New Argonautica: An Heroic Poem in Eight Cantos of the Voyage Among the Stars of the Immortal Spirits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce de Leon & Nunez Da Vaca
Description: London , Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely series of poems inspired by the connection between famous voyages and the desire to seek the heavens, bound in original decorative cloth. A first edition copy with the original clipped dust wrapper.Publisher's original decorative cloth binding.A collection of poems inspired by astronomy and Greek mythology, all using famous voyagers in ties to the themes. The author recounts his time spent writing and revising these poems all whilst living in places such as Jamaica, Rome, Florence and Switzerland. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Offsetting to free endpapers. Dust wrapper is in smart condition with some edge wear and handling marks to the panels, heaviest to the front panel. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot to the fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Poetry Dust Wrapper Decorative binding Dust Wrapper None
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Title: The New Argonautica: An Heroic Poem in Eight Cantos of the Voyage Among the Stars of the Immortal Spirits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce de Leon & Nunez Da Vaca
Description: London , Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely series of poems inspired by the connection between famous voyages and the desire to seek the heavens, bound in original decorative cloth. A first edition copy with the original clipped dust wrapper.Publisher's original decorative cloth binding.A collection of poems inspired by astronomy and Greek mythology, all using famous voyagers in ties to the themes. The author recounts his time spent writing and revising these poems all whilst living in places such as Jamaica, Rome, Florence and Switzerland. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Offsetting to free endpapers. Dust wrapper is in smart condition with some edge wear and handling marks to the panels, heaviest to the front panel. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot to the fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Poetry Dust Wrapper Decorative binding Dust Wrapper None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 901Y17
- Book number: 901Y17
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