Buy this book on-line E.M.FORSTER : Pharos and PharillonLeonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, Richmond, 1923
First edition, of which there were 900 hand-printed copies (this being one of those measuring 8¾ x 5¾). 8vo. 80pp + i publisher's catalogue. Quarter cloth with decorated paper sides featuring a horizontal blue design, and a paper spine label, the latter toned and chipped. The boards rubbed at the edges. Additional blue cloth reinforcements have been added to the corner tips. Some occasional light spotting. Former owner details pencilled to the front free endpaper (easily erasable if desired). A good copy, housed in a beautiful custom-made cloth-covered clamshell case with marbled inlays, very slightly faded at several margins of the upper edge. Includes thirteen "actions and meditations", the last of which is the essay 'The Poetry of C.P.Cavafy' (one of the very first studies of his work in English). Five of these pieces had been previously published in the periodical 'The Nation and the Athenaeum' with the remainder never previously issued in England. This production also includes the first English-language translation (by George Valassopoulo) of any poetry by C.P.Cavafy (three poems in total, two in the text of Forster's essay, with 'The God Abandons Antony' printed separately). Woolmer 29.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of E.M.FORSTER : Pharos and Pharillon. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, out of print books, libri antichi, livres illustrées and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |