Fables / by T.F. Powys ; with four drawings by Gilbert Spencer
1929, First Edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #356322
Physical description; x, 275, [1] pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece, illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; SIGNED by the Author. Limiited edition, being #432 of only 750. Contents; The clout and the pan -- Mr. Pim and the holy crumb -- The withered leaf and the green -- The seaweed and the cuckoo-clock -- The ass and the rabbi -- John Pardy and the waves -- The dog and the lantern -- The stone and Mr. Thomas -- The hat and the post -- The bucket and the rope -- John Todd and the worm -- Darkness and Nathaniel -- The corpse and the flea -- The spittoon and the slate -- The blind hen and the earthworm -- Mr. Tapper and the tree -- The coat and the crow -- The hassock and the psalter -- The candle and the slow-worm. Subjects; Fables, English. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated. Short story.
Price: €150.00