The Childermass. Section I.

Lewis (Wyndham)

The Childermass. Section I.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. [v], 322, crown 8vo, original yellow cloth, backstrip lettering and border to both boards in red, the cloth faintly spotted with some light soiling, top edge yellow, tail edge roughtrimmed, browning to initial and terminal blank, good

Publication Details: Chatto & Windus, 1928

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'To Richard Aldington, from Wyndham Lewis, July 1928'; a notable association copy, dating from a time when Aldington, back in London, was hoping to secure some TLS review-work from Lewis - the latter mooted a collaboration between the two, which did not transpire, but they exchanged books (Lewis received Aldington's 'A Fool i' the Forest' in return).The second and third sections, though anticipated later the same year in a printed note on the verso of the half-title, were issued under the titles 'Monstre Gai' and 'Malign Fiesta' in 1955....moreInscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'To Richard Aldington, from Wyndham Lewis, July 1928'; a notable association copy, dating from a time when Aldington, back in London, was hoping to secure some TLS review-work from Lewis - the latter mooted a collaboration between the two, which did not transpire, but they exchanged books (Lewis received Aldington's 'A Fool i' the Forest' in return).The second and third sections, though anticipated later the same year in a printed note on the verso of the half-title, were issued under the titles 'Monstre Gai' and 'Malign Fiesta' in 1955. HIDE

Bibliography: (Morrow & Lafourcade A10b: Pound & Grover A9a)