Winged Chariot
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Octavo, yellow cloth, spine embossed with gilt lettering, 64 pp., tail edges of several pages untrimmed, small illustration on title page, side notes. Hinge split at leaves 40 to 41 but holding firm, foxing on cover and endpapers, foxing on edges and spine, sticker from Grahame Book Company Sydney on inside-right tail edge of front cover, foxing on edges and spine of dust-jacket, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A long-form poem by award-winning British poet and writer Walter de la Mare. Written towards the end of his life, Winged Chariot is a meditation on time and love, and on de la Mare's spiritual odyssey towards accepting Christian love. Item #4576
Inscribed on front free endpaper with: "J W Mather, 14:14:57"
Price (AUD): $70.00