John Cowper Powys — Jobber Skald

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of John Cowper Powys' 'Wessex' novels, continuing in Thomas Hardy's tradition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Published in the U.S. ed 'Weymouth Sands&apos.'Jobber Skald' is one of John Cowper Powys' 'Wessex' novels, set in the same fictional Wessex created by Thomas Hardy, who Powys greatly admired.This novel is set in Weymouth, and follows a community of characters, a "strange group of people of all conditions and classes". Vividly set against the coastal town, where the author's grandparents lived. John Cowper Powys was an English novelist, who continued his Wessex series with 'Wolf Solent, A Glastonbury Romance', and 'Maiden Castle&apos.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Fading to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Dust wrapper is worn, with chips, a larger chip to the rear wrap, a small tape repair to the reverse. Tidemark to the front wrap. Spots to the wraps, with a touch of age-toning to the spine and rear wrap, and sunning to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.