Walter de la Mare — The Traveller

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour plates of drawings from John Piper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with four colour plates of drawings by John Piper, an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets.  Collated complete.A smart copy of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with bumping to the extremities and a couple spots to the boards. Dust wrapper is chipped to the head of spine. Slight sunning and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with light offsetting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: John Piper. Very Good .