Author: WILLIAM SLONE COFFIN (FROM THE LIBRARY OF CECIL DAY LEWIS)
Title: Credo
Description: USA: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in publisher's black hardcover cloth in a Neara Fine Dust-Jacket.This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Jill Day Lewis (Formerly Jill Balcon Actress) The wife of Cecil Day Lewis on the front endpaper.The Author's inscription reads simply '' To Dear Jill Merry Christmas Bill '' The book has has 8 photographs of the Author's or Pastor's House in America including the garden and porch and he has written on the back of each photograph describing the picture.These are laid in at the front of the book and there is an outline remnant mark of a paperclip used to keep them all together.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The book was acquired from the private working library of Cecil Day Lewis from his House in Greenwich.Cecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is the father of the double oscar winning Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.We have many more titles in stock from his working library.Interesting item and a rather nice highly personalised association with the added bonus of 8 photographs inside the book,rather an unusual one-off really 8vo 173pp First Edition 1st Impression Size: 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall. Near Fine .

Keywords: Signed Cecil Day Lewis


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