The Two Blind Countries, Rose Macaulay — 1st Edition

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The Two Blind Countries, Rose Macaulay — 1st Edition

Name: The Two Blind Countries, Rose Macaulay — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1914

Formatting: Crown 8vo, pp. viii, 58, [6].

Condition Report: Very Good. The original green moiré cloth boards remain firm and bright, exhibiting a striking watered-silk wave pattern, with only minor bumping to the corners and light rubbing to the extremities. The binding remains secure and tight. The spine retains its original printed paper label, which is uniformly tanned with minor edge-wear but remains completely legible. Internally, the pages are largely clean, though there is scattered foxing and offsetting to the preliminary leaves and endpapers. The untrimmed page edges show expected age-toning and very faint spotting. A handsome, well-preserved copy completely free of tears or structural damage.

Catalogue Note: First Edition. This volume represents Rose Macaulay's debut collection of poetry. Prior to its release, Macaulay had established herself strictly as a novelist; the preliminary advertisement page opposite the title leaf lists her six early prose works, including The Lee Shore and The Valley Captives.

Bound in an unusual and highly tactile green moiré cloth, the volume reflects the understated elegance of early twentieth-century independent publishing by Sidgwick & Jackson, a firm renowned for championing the Georgian poets.

As an early World War I-era poetry collection, surviving first editions in this original cloth, particularly with the fragile spine label intact and without severe sun-fading, have become increasingly uncommon on the open market.

Published on the brink of the First World War, The Two Blind Countries showcases a fascinating departure from Rose Macaulay's established career in prose. The poems within explore the fluid, often unsettling boundaries between the tangible, waking world and the shadowy, unseen realms of dreams and the subconscious. Through lyrical and mystical verse, Macaulay delves into the "blind countries" of human experience, offering a haunting, contemplative examination of reality, illusion, and the hidden depths of the mind. It remains a compelling insight into the poetic sensibilities of one of the twentieth century's most incisive literary voices.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Rose Macaulay

Book Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Poetry

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 64

Book Publication Year: 1914

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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