Eva dobell foreword (1 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. First edition. An uncommon paperbound volume of poetry published in memoriam of James Blyth. An uncommon volume of poetry published in memoriam of James Blyth, the British writer and soldier who was tragically killed in battle at 17 years old, in 1942.Eva Dobell, who contributes a foreword to this work, was a nurse, an editor, and a poet herself, with whom Blyth struck up a literary acquaintance. As a nurse, Dobell's poetry offers a rare female poetic perspective from inside the hospitals.Bound in original unclipped paper wraps.Features a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of the poet. Bound in original attached paper wraps. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Rubbing and chipping to extremities. Tear and creasing to front spine tip. Notable rubbing to spine. Joints of paper wrap starting, and rear cover may detach with further handling. Loss to paper to spine. Spotting to covers. Slight spotting to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge starting. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…