IN AN OUTWORN TRADITION - Poems (First edition, first impression - Germaine Greer's copy)

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First impression of the true first edition. A review copy with typed letter on a Villiers Publications Ltd. compliments slip loosely enclosed (Villiers must have taken over the Brookside Press around this time). Although not marked as such, this copy is from the library of leading feminist writer Germaine Greer. The typed letter states: "This book, by the widow of Ernest Jones the psychoanalyst, might be of interest to Dr. Greer. Return it for credit if not. Mirage at Midnight which you wanted id out of print. (My letter of 16th April refers.)" ***Near fine in grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean - just slightly browned at the edges, and the gilt is nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Edges of the page block clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good grey printed dustwrapper, with blue titles to the spine and front panel, and not price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 15/- net on the front flap. The dustwrapper is complete, with just small nicks out of the top of the spine and the bottom edge of the back panel near the spine. No serious creases or tears. Some slight fading and browning at the edges. Dustwrapper clean. ***224mm x 144mm. 68 pages. ***'Katherine Jones came late to writing poetry, though literature and that particular branch of it, has always been a main interest in her life. Born in Moravia and brought up in Vienna, she realised one of the great desires of her life, coming to England, by marrying the best-known British psycho-analyst of his time, Dr Ernest Jones. She added psycho-analysis to her interests and became her husband's help when he composed his Biography of Sigmund Freud. After his death she decided, both for the relief of her mourning and as a training in psychotherapy, to undergo a personal analysis. These poems are the direct outcome of it and are therefore dedicated to her analyst who died by a tragic accident in 1961. They are divided into four sections, the first dealing with what she felt were problems of life as she had to confront it, the second with her own interpretation of mythological subjects, the third with the most difficult problem: of how to overcome the death of loved ones, and the last with Hope and what is left to treasure in the life of most people.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper in very good condition. A publisher's review copy with typed letter on compliments slip, and although not marked as such, from the library of leading feminist writer Germaine Greer. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. N° de ref. del artículo 8830

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