{"product_id":"the-magnetic-mountain-c-day-lewis-1st-edition","title":"The Magnetic Mountain, C. Day Lewis — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"50\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The Hogarth Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1933 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"95\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8vo,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 55.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very Good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The original paper-covered boards display generalised light toning with some mild,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e scattered spotting,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e alongside gently bumped corners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The binding remains remarkably tight,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e square,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and structurally secure,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with only slight rubbing and minuscule wear to the spine ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Internally,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the text block is clean and bright,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e completely free of foxing or tears,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the sole exception of a contemporary ownership signature and date ('1933') to the front free endpaper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This is a true first edition of C.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Day Lewis’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"63\"\u003eThe Magnetic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e issued as Number 1 in the Second Series of the celebrated 'Hogarth Living Poets'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the volume features the striking,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e geometric cover design by John Banting that characterises the series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt represents a vital piece of 1930s British literary history and remains highly desirable for collectors of both the Auden Group and Hogarth Press imprints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e While not exceedingly rare,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e surviving copies in tight,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unsplit condition with clean boards are increasingly scarce on the open market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA seminal work of 1930s British poetry,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"47\"\u003eThe Magnetic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping political allegory comprising thirty-six lyrics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In it,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e C.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Day Lewis, future Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, explores the fraught tension between the individual and the collective,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e passionately advocating for a socialist utopia where body and spirit might be united.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The collection cemented Day Lewis’s reputation alongside contemporaries W.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e H.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Auden and Stephen Spender as a leading,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e radical voice of his generation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e capturing the intense political and social anxieties of the interwar period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55730284724563,"sku":"6771","price":69.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261028_113614.jpg?v=1793737319","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-magnetic-mountain-c-day-lewis-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}