Coppin, Johnny. Wood Engravings By Ray Hedger. (Francis Brett Young, Mary Webb, Margery Lea, John Masefield, Laurie Lee, A.E. Housman, W.H. Davies, U.A. Fanthorpe, Gael Turnbull, Jo Hunt, Leonard Clark, Ivor Waters, Ruth Bigood, John Betjeman, Et Listings

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	1 Coppin, Johnny. Wood engravings by Ray Hedger. (Francis Brett Young, Mary Webb, Margery Lea, John Masefield, Laurie Lee, A.E. Housman, W.H. Davies, U.A. Fanthorpe, Gael Turnbull, Jo Hunt, Leonard Clark, Ivor Waters, Ruth Bigood, John Betjeman, et BETWEEN THE SEVERN AND THE WYE: POEMS OF THE BORDER COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Windrush, Gloucestershire, (1993), Ist edition.  163 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN: 0900075236 B&w map, wood engravings. "This collection of poems has been selected by the singer and songwriter, Johnny Coppin, to celebrate the 'spirit of place' and evoke the atmosphere and character of the area. (It) is a meandering journey from the source to the sea, featuring spectacular hills and quiet valleys, moorlands and forests, cathedral cities, historic towns and villages. John Betjeman, Mary Webb, A.E. Housman and Ivor G urney are some of the established poets chosen, but the anthology also has many contemporary writers such as R.S. Thomas, U.A. Fanthorpe, and Helen Dunmore who have found inspiration in the border counties---" Includes 'Index of First Lines', 'In de x of Poets', and 'Information on Albums and Settings'. Dust jacket has minor soiling, one tiny closed tear on rear panel. Fine/VG+  Price: 27.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Rothenstein, William; Cecil, David; Masefield, John. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal. MEN OF THE R.A.F. FORTY PORTRAITS WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN THE R.A.F. BY SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN. A LAYMAN'S GLIMPSE BY LORD DAVID CECIL. A POEM BY JOHN MASEFIELD. Oxford University Press, London, 1942.  134 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover (medium brown cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. 40 monotone portraits. Includes a complete list of R.A.F. drawings by Sir William Rothenstein, November 1939-October 1941. Light edge wea r, small bump at corners, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light fading to spine and areas on both boards, a few light rub marks on rear board, light browning to edges of text block, small store label on front pastedown, previous owner's n a m e /date on free front endpaper, a few faint tiny foxing marks on first few pages. Good+  Price: 17.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Masefield, John. THE TWENTY-FIVE DAYS. Heinemann, London, (1972), first edition.  173 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photographs. "...first written in 1940; the story of the advance of Allied British and French forces to met the German invasion through Belgium and Holland and their enforced re treat to the Channel, the book was set up and proofed. Then all further production was stopped. For security reasons publication was banned. Permission was given for the last section only, covering 'Operation Dyanamo', the evacuation of th e b e a c h es around Dunkirk...Now for the first time, clearance has been obtained to publish in full the original account..." Faint cigarette odor, very light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has very light edge wear, very light wrin kl i ng a t to p/ bottom of spine, minor rubbing, minor browning at top inside edge, light delamination on rear flap-fold. VG/VG  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart