A Pearse; B Rajan — Focus One

London, Dennis Dobson, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this collection of critical analysis of contemporary literature. First edition of this work. An excellent collection of literary criticism with contributions from D.S. Savage, George Woodcock, Peter Yates, and more. This series is particularly concerned with contemporary literature, including the work of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), most famous for 'The Metamorphosis', and Rex Warner (1905-1986), most famous for The Aerodrome. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper, designed from an original lithograph by John Kashdan. Edited by Andre Pearse and Balachandra Rajan. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to extremities. Neat ink inscription to front pastedown. Pre-clipped dust wrapper. Chipped to the extremities with sympathetic repairs to the head of the spine and rear of the back wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with slight age toning to the extremities only. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Good.