Greater Poems of the Bible: Metrical Versions, Biblical Forms and Original Poems de MacDonald, Wilson - 1943

Toronto: Macmillan, 1943. hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 277 pp. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4. Blue cloth covered boards, stamped in yellow on front and spine. Spine is sunned. Light wear. No dj.

The Macmillan Company, 1943. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited 13/1000. "This autographed copy is number 13 of an edition limited to one thousand copies". Signed and elaborately inscribed by the author. With advert for "The New Crusaders" laid-in. A very nice copy with only light shelfwear and minor wear to base and crown of spine. Light wear to covers and spine. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Toronto: Macmillan, 1943. Beige boards the titles in black to both the front and spine. The yellowish jacket has a closed tear at the fold of the spine neatly repaired with book tape on the inside.A small portion approx1/2" by 1" is missing at the top of the spine. Very slight sunning of the edges.The erata to the first edition is laid in.. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by No.973 Signed By the Author with Corrections Laid in and an Apology to... Certain Cleryman to Whom Theological Discussion is More Dear Than Truth.... 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed By the Author.

Buffalo, New York: The Broadway Press, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Autographed copy number 935 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has chips/tears around edges (most significant being a 3-inch tear along front fold of jacket. Some surface marks on jacket. Blue-green coverboards with gilt lettering. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 277 pp.

Buffalo, New Yo: The Broadway Press, 1943 A lovely book like new condition. Limited edition copy No. 223 of 1000. Macdonald's inscription under the edition ( and his address) dated 1945. On the front free end paper is a gift inscription written in Macdonald's handwriting but to a lady from Albert E.S.Smythe. Both Macdonald and Smythe were poets in Ontario at the time and Smythe has described Macdonald as a 'shy but friendly soul'. Smythe was the founder of the Toronto Theosophical Scoiety and its first president. Smythe's control of his hands by this time( he died 2 years later) was very bad so Macdonald wrote the dedication for him. The book is unmarked elsewise, clean and tight. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title on front and spine. The DJ is clean and bright with onlty a 1cm closed tear at spine base otherwise has no shelfwear. A laid in poem be Macdonald called Roses. A lovely edition with a bit of history!