Ding Dong Bell, Walter de la Mare — 1st Edition

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Ding Dong Bell, Walter de la Mare — 1st Edition

Name: Ding Dong Bell, Walter de la Mare — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 7027
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Publication: London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [x], 76.

Condition Report: Very Good. The publisher’s original red cloth binding remains structurally tight and firm, exhibiting only minor shelf-wear and faint rubbing to the extremities. The paper spine label is fully intact but shows mild age-toning and slight edge wear typical of this format. The text block is robust; however, the uncut fore-edges and lower edges display noticeable foxing and age-toning. Internally, the pages retain good brightness, with occasional, sporadic faint foxing primarily confined to the preliminary leaves and margins, leaving the core letterpress clean and highly readable.

Catalogue Note: This is the first trade edition of Walter de la Mare’s celebrated collection of prose and verse, made and printed in Great Britain at the renowned Curwen Press in Plaistow. Issued concurrently with a signed, limited edition in April 1924, this standard trade issue features the characteristic plain red cloth and paper label binding.

While the first edition itself is relatively common on the open market, copies that have avoided heavy spine fading and maintain a tight, uncompromised text block are increasingly desirable for collectors not requiring the scarce dust jacket.

A beautifully melancholic exploration of mortality, Ding Dong Bell blends atmospheric prose and poetry as the narrator wanders through forgotten English churchyards. De la Mare weaves a haunting narrative around a collection of peculiar and poignant epitaphs, offering a quiet, ghostly meditation on memory, loss, and the enduring echoes of the dead.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Walter de la Mare

Book Publisher: Selwyn & Blount Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Anthologies & Short Stories

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 76

Book Publication Year: 1924

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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