THE POET'S EYE

London: Frederick Muller, 1944

Small 8vo, vi + 122pp. Hardcover binding with illustrations on boards, and black lettering to spine and front board. With 16 full-colour lithographs, collated and complete.

John Leith Craxton (3 October 1922 – 17 November 2009) was an English painter. He was sometimes called a neo-Romantic artist but he preferred to be known as a "kind of Arcadian". His work was also reproduced in magazines such as New Writing, Horizon, and he has illustrated the books of Patrick Leigh Fermor. He produced lithographs for several anthologies edited by Geoffrey Grigson, including Visionary Poems (1944). (wikipedia.com)

Condition: Overall good. Light rubbing to boards and spine, wrinkling and slight bump to front board. Previous bookseller’s label on front pastedown, previous owner’s signature to front endpaper, and owner’s signature next to a few poems in text. Light wrinkling to front endpaper and first few pages. Light splitting to gutters between a couple of pages. Text overall clean. Well bound.