Description: SnowPoems (With an original unpublished poem, handwritten by Wolfe and dedicated to Leon M. Lion) [SIGNED]By Humbert WolfeLondon:Victor Gollancz Ltd.1931 (1st Edition)Approx Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19.5 cms)Hardback. 83 printed pagesDust Jacket: Browning and light marking, some wear and slight loss to edges. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall Condition is Very Good MinusBook: Beige cloth binding with paper title label to spine. Foxing and light marking to covers. Flaw in paper to page 25/26. Slight toning to pages, text is otherwise clean throughout. Flaw in the paper to p25. Pencilled note to p 23, pencilled verse to rear free endpaper with the initials H.W., dated 1-8-31. From the private collection of British stage and film actor Leon M. Lion, signed by Lion to front free endpaper. On the acknowledgement page, following the title page, it is noted that the three Napoleon Sonnets in this volume were originally written at Mr. Leon M. Lion's request to be spoken as a prologue to a Napoleon play. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper: 'To Dear Leon with love Humbert. July 8/31'. To the verso of the half title page the author has included a handwritten poem entitled 'Two Obols', inscribed below the poem 'With great love as always. Humbert Wolfe 12/11/34'. This is an original, unpublished poem by Wolfe. The Humbert Wolfe papers held by New York Library contain a typescript of this poem that was sent in a 1944 letter from Lion to Wolfe's daughter, Euphemia Ann Wolfe. Lion and Wolfe were close friends and in Lion's 1948 autobiography, 'The Surprise of My Life', he includes several letters from Wolfe and two other poems that Wolfe wrote for him. A unique example, with excellent provenance. Overall Condition is Very Good Minus There are many more rare and collectable books in our eBay shop, all at very reasonable pricesWhy not take a look... HEREKeyword SearchTerms: Poetry, Poems, Verse
Price: 200 GBP
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Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd.
Signed: Yes
Binding: Hardback
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1931
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed
Origin: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Original/Reproduction: Original
Format: Hardback with Jacket
Date of Publication: 1900-1949
Printing Year: 1900-1949
Author: Humbert Wolfe
Modified Item: Yes
Modification Description: Signed
Personalised: No
Fiction Subject: Poetry
Non-Fiction Subject: Fiction
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 400g
Language: English
Condition: Used
Inventory Number: 1235W020
