Walter De La Mare — Love

London, Faber and Faber, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A fourth impression of this anthology on Love by Walter de la Mare, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, fourth impression. Illustrated throughout. An anthology on the theme of Love, here revealed and reflected is chiefly focused on that between a man and a woman although not wholly. This work includes many poems, and a good deal of prose, as well as letters. Collected by Walter John de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. Illustrated by Barnett Freedman, a British painter, commercial designer, illustrator, and lithographer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with wear and light chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd small closed tear. Loss to base of the rear panel and a 3" closed tear to the top of the rear panel which cold be lost with further handling. Pencil marks to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with pencil annotations throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Barnett Freedman. Very Good/Good Only.