The Harp of Aeolus and Other Essays on Art Literature & Nature. by Grigson. Geoffrey - 1948

George Routledge & Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. First Edition. 160 pages. Cream jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book not published until 1948 despite copyright page stating 1947, as errata slip explains. Unpaginated numbered plates to rear. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Plates are clean with minor thumbing and foxing. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips and creasing. Jacket is heavily rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned.

Routledge, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. First Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and plates are mildly tanned, but text and images remain clear. Binding is slightly shaky, but all pages remain attached. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light bleach spotting to front board, and faint black marks to rear. Boards are slightly bowed.

London: Routledge, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 160 followed by 32 pp. of black-and-white plates. Bound in full green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light foxing throughout. Dust jacket with age-toning, esp. on spine, and light chips. Copyright page has 1947 as publication date, but an errata slip, bound-in, indicates production issues resulted in the book being issued in 1948. Highly refined aesthetic judgments by the renowned poet. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.

Routledge, 1948T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

London: Routledge, 1948. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. A decent copy with toning, chipping and small tears to dust jacket. Owner's signature on ffep. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

London: George Routledge & Sons. Hardcover. First Edition. The Harp of Aeolus and Other Essays on Art Literature and Nature. Boots Booklovers Library with Boots Booklovers Library markings. Browning to end back inside cover. Tear to top edge of spine. Wear to corners of cloth. Couple of small marks to cloth. Green cloth with brown lettering. Contents: William Diaper, an Unknown Poet. George Stubbs, 1724-1806. The Harp of Aeolus. The Vision of the English Romantics. The Upas Tree. Some Notes on Francis Danby, A.R.A. Horse-Chesnut Trees. The Preraphaelite Myth. William Barnes, 1800-1886. Thomas Hardy. Constable, Courbet, and De Chirico. The Drawings of Henry Moore. How Much Me Now You Acrobatics Amaze. Illustrated. 160+ pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1947.

Routledge Ltd. good. . 1948 1st ed, no dustjacket, clean tight copy, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1948. Hardcover.

London: Routledge, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1947 First Edition. Size octavo, 8.5" tall. 160 Pages of text plus bound at the rear 10 pages of 20 black and white plates printed on glossy paper, reproductions of various paintings by various artists and dates. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titling to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good plus, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, gilt on spine slightly dulled, text pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout, plate pages are very clean. Dust jacket condition good plus, minor creasing and tiny chips and slight darkening to upper edge of jacket, spine faded and also darkened, price has been clipped. The copyright statement on the rear of the title page states the date as 1947, however a small slip of paper tipped in below the copyright statement reads "Owing to production delays this book was not published until 1948