Wyndham Lewis — Self Condemned & the Red Priest

London, Methuen & Co. 1954-1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of two first edition novels by co-founder of the Vorticist art movement Wyndham Lewis, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A two volume set. The first editions, In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.  A set of novels by Canadian-bon British writer Wyndham Lewis, who was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. He is best known for his novels 'Tarr' and 'The Apes of God&apos. This set includes: 'Self Condemned' (1954), a novel exploring the life of Rene Harding, an English émigré who relocates to Canada just before World War II. 'The Red Priest' (1956), Lewis' last novel, following the left-leaning cleric Augustine Card, a well-connected ex-boxer who gets into a life-changing fistfight.      In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to extremities. Damp stain to head of rear board of 'The Red Priest', with light offsetting to free endpapers. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of 'Self Condemned&apos. Dust wrappers are smart, with light sunning to spines. Damp stain to rear of 'The Red Priest' wrap, with chipping to the head of the spine, and the odd spot. Chipping to the extremities of the spine of 'Self Condemned' wrap, with the odd closed tear, and an archival tape repair to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.