Planet and Glow-Worm: A Book for the Sleepless de Sitwell, Edith (Compiled By.) - 1944T

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. Reprinted. 82 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages with moderate foxing and staining to text block edges. Tanning heavier to pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. Hardback. First edition, 1944. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. VG copy with no dust jacket. Owner inscription to inside cover page 'To Edith, May 1944'. Slight foxing to end paper paste downs.Published: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944

macmillan and co.ltd london 1944. modern first edition 82pp G (front and rear boards heavily creased,corners and foot/head of spine bumped,lightly scuffed,paste-downs creased,discolouration to paste-downs and endpapers,owners name in ink on FEP)

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1944. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1944, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

First edition. A book of night poetry bearing Sitwell's fingerprint, featuring writers ranging from John Donne and William Shakespeare to John Keats, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. Single volume (190 x 128 mm), pp. xiv, 82. Boun din original publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered gilt, with original publisher's illustrated dust wrapper, not price-clipped. Some toning, minor nicks to dust wrapper, else near-fine. Stock ref. 1821

London, UK: Macmillan, 1944.. 12mo. 82 pp. Navy Cloth. Very Good. Previous owner's signature penciled on FFEP.Provenance: The estate of Paul Gallico (1897 - 1976), one of the greatest storytellers and writers of the 20th Century. The celebrated American-born novelist, screenwriter and journalist is renowned for the writing of a number of significant works, including his most well-known book, The Snow Goose, a short novel that achieved much acclaim and was later made into a film and broadcast on BBC TV.