The New Argonautica: An heroic poem in eight Cantos of the voyage among the stars of the immortal spirits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce De Leon & Nunez da Vaca

W. B. Drayton Henderson

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1928

Beschreibung

A lovely series of poems inspired by the connection between famous voyages and the desire to seek the heavens, bound in original decorative cloth. A first edition copy with the original clipped dust wrapper.Publisher's original decorative cloth binding.A collection of poems inspired by astronomy and Greek mythology, all using famous voyagers in ties to the themes.The author recounts his time spent writing and revising these poems all whilst living in places such as Jamaica, Rome, Florence and Switzerland. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Offsetting to free endpapers. Dust wrapper is in smart condition with some edge wear and handling marks to the panels, heaviest to the front panel. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot to the fore edge. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 901Y17

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The New Argonautica: An heroic poem in eight...

Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1928

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book