Lot 400
Blunden, Edmund
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Letter to Clare Blunden from her father, Edmund Blunden, dated July 27th, 1938 and congratulating her on winning a silver medal in school for speaking verse and writing, "...I am about to send "The Anatomy of Oxford" having had my midday sandwich & mug of ale yesterday with C. Day Lewis whom I like more & more. He had just flown from Paris which he thinks the most glorious of all places...", signed "...your affectionate Father." 228x171mm, accompanied by a letter from her mother; Blunden, Edmund The shepherd. London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1922. Second edition, 8vo, inscribed, "with respects by the now Hawthorndenless Edmund Blunden June 20, 1929", original blue cloth with paper label to spine, some foxing and darkening to endpapers, ownership signature of M. Cary Hogg to front free-endpaper, dated 1922, writing to final endpapers in ink, some chipping to ownership label, spine slightly faded and bumped; [Idem (Introduction)] Great short stories of the war... London: Spottiswoode, 1930. First edition, 8vo, number 100 of 250 copies signed by Blunden, t.e.g., original? quarter cloth gilt with marbled boards, slip case, corners a little rubbed, slip case rubbed and splitting slightly in places; [Idem] Shells by a stream. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1944. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper slightly soiled and chipped; [Idem] Poems of many years. London: Collins, 1957. First edition, 8vo, original pink cloth gilt, dustwrapper a little soiled and rubbed; [Idem] Near and far, new poems. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. 8vo, original green cloth with paper label to spine, endpapers a little darkened and slight spotting to first and final few pages, and label very slightly chipped; [Idem] Retreat. London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth with paper label to spine, endpapers very slightly spotted, label a little darkened and chipped; [Idem] An elegy. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1937. First edition, 8vo, original cloth with paper label to spine, label a little darkened, covers very slightly faded and soiled; [Idem] The poems... London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. First edition, 8vo, g.e., original red morocco gilt, some fading to spine and boards; Mottram, R.H. - Blunden, Edmund Twelve poems... [Dublin]: Daedalus Press, 1968. 8vo, number 32 of 312 copies signed by Mottram, original sandy-green and gilt wrappers, wrappers very slightly faded (9, plus letters)