The Ariel Poems, Second Series, comprising: - Mountains by W.H. Auden, illustrated by Edward Bawden- Nativity by Roy Campbell, illustrated by James Sellars - The Winnowing Dream by Walter de la Mare, illustrated by Robin Jacques.- The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot. illustrated by David Jones- Christmas Eve by C. Day-Lewis, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone- The Other Wing by Louis MacNeice, illustrated by Michael Ayrton - Prometheus by Edwin Muir, illustrated by John Piper - Sirmione Peninsula by Stephen Spender, illustrated by Lynton Lamb[Complete in 8 Vols.]

(Ariel Poems.) ELIOT (T.S.), W.H. Auden, C. Day-Lewis, Roy Campbell, Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, Edwin Muir & Walter de la Mare.

Publication details: Faber and Faber, 1954,

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The publisher's revival of its festive poetry series drew from a roster of poets and illustrators no less impressive than the first; Eliot, Campbell and de la Mare appear in both, as do David Jones and Edward Bawden.

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FIRST EDITIONS, each with a full-page colour-printed illustration and a monochrome tailpiece by the respective artists, all but the Eliot with a title-page design also, each pp. [4], crown 8vo, original sewn wrappers of different colours, all in their original printed envelopes, these with some very light soiling and some very gentle fading, a couple with small tears to flaps, the booklets fine

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