John H.F. McEwen — There Is a Valley

Edinburgh, C.J. Cousland and Sons, Ltd. 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry from John H. F. McEwen, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original yellow cloth binding. In the very scarce unclipped original dust wrapper.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free end paper with 'To the Rev. James Brown, with the author's love 1951&apos.A collection of poetry from John H. F. McEwen, a British author, art critic, and founder of The Oldie magazine, known for his work in art criticism and contributions to publications like The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph. Including sonnets, ballads, epigrams, and war poems, with titles such as: A Dead Singer, On the Eve (1944), Night and Morning, I Will Sing a New Song, Past Love, and many others. In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities, most significant to the head and tail of the spine. Slight offsetting to free endpapers. Author's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is smart. Loss to head and tail of boards. Loss to tail of spine with chipping to head. Offsetting to rear of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.