A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Complete (as published) in thirteen volumes comprising The Dark Lantern, Donkey Boy, Young Phillip Maddison, How Dear is Life, A Fox Under My Cloak, The Golden Virgin, Love and the Loveless, A Test of Destruction, The Innocent Moon, It was the Nightingale, The Power of the Dead, The Phoenix Generation, and A Solitary War. by HENRY WILLIAMSON

Macdonald, London 1951-1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printing). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Dark Lantern' (1961). 8vo. viii, 432pp. Edges spotted, encroaching a fraction to the margins of occasional text leaves, and with a little further spotting to several preliminary leaves. A nice crisp copy in price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel with a trace of minor spotting and three small areas of edge-loss. 'Donkey Boy' (1952). First edition. 8vo. Edges, endpapers, and several preliminary leaves spotted. Contemporary former owner name inked to the front free endpaper. A nice bright copy in pictorial dust wrapper, nicked with a little loss to the spine ends and with a trace of wear to occasional corner tips. 'Young Phillip Maddison' (1953). First edition. 8vo. 416pp. A sliver of discolouration to the upper edge of the boards, and a trace of very light partial toning to the free endpapers. Tiny dealer plate to the front… Read More

Alan Sutton, [Stroud],, [1994-1996]. 15 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine set. The series comprises: 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', Young Phillip Maddison', 'How Dear Is Life', A Fox Under My Cloak', 'The Golden Virgin', 'Love And The Loveless', 'A Test To Destruction', 'The Innocent Moon', 'It Was The Nightingale', 'The Power Of The Dead', 'The Phoenix Generation', 'A Solitary War', 'Lucifer Before Sunrise' and 'The Gale Of The World'. The fourth collected edition and the only complete set in paperback. The text is a faithful reprint of the first edition though the type is sometimes reset; the wrappers are illustrated from well-known paintings. Each volume has a 6pp Introduction by Anne Williamson dated 1994; this is mainly biographical and is common to the set. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Matthews A36, 4… Read More

Macdonald,, [1984-85]. 15 vols., 8vo., Second Macdonald Edition [First Uniform Edition]; cloth, gilt backs, all near fine copies in dustwrapper. Complete set of the 'Chronicle', comprising 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', 'Young Philip Maddison', 'How Dear is Life', 'A Fox under my Cloak', 'The Golden Virgin', 'Love and the Loveless', 'A Test to Destruction', 'The Innocent Moon', 'It was the Nightingale', 'The Power of the Dead', 'The Phoenix Generation', 'A Solitary War', 'Lucifer at Sunrise' and 'The Gale of the World'. This is the second edition by Macdonald, the first uniform edition and the only hardback issue of the full set other then the original editions of 1951-69. EXTREMELY SCARCE AS A SET, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Matthews A36, p.127.

Macdonald,, [1951-69]. 15 vols., 8vo., First Edition, (for individual volume see below); cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in the dustwrapper (for individual dustwrapper see below). The series comprises: 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', Young Phillip Maddison', 'How Dear Is Life', A Fox Under My Cloak', 'The Golden Virgin', 'Love And The Loveless', 'A Test To Destruction', 'The Innocent Moon', 'It Was The Nightingale', 'The Power Of The Dead', 'The Phoenix Generation', 'A Solitary War', 'Lucifer Before Sunrise' and 'The Gale Of The World'. The first seven dustwrappers were designed and illustrated by Broom Lynne. Individual volumes as follows: The Dark Lantern (1951), inscription on front free endpaper, top mildly spotted, price-clipped dustwrapper lightly browned; Donkey Boy (1952), some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, unclipped dustwrapper… Read More

Macdonald, London 1951-69. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). 8vo. Original publisher's cloth. Just a trace of very light spotting to two or three top- and fore edges. A former owner bookplate to the front free endpaper of a single volume. A superb set in very good handsome pictorial James broom Lynne-designed dust wrappers, eight of which are price-clipped, with two ('A Fox Under My Cloak' and 'A Test to Destruction') very lightly toned at the spine panels, and one more ('Donkey Boy') lightly rubbed and chipped at the spine panel ends. TOGETHER WITH an original corrected typescript leaf from 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight'. One foolscap leaf (verso blank). Heavily corrected by the author in three different colours of ink and a further three of felt-tip pen, with over 100 words added in holograph. We have not been able to track down these passages in 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight'; perhaps because they were… Read More