Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Pudney, John. Almanack Of Hope Sonnets. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1944.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ has some soiling. ; Approx. 5 1/2" wide by 6 3/4". Stiff covers. ; 32 pages
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
John Pudney. Almanack Of Hope. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1944.
Price: US$15.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Price unclipped. Small teat to top of wrapper otherwise very good.
Seller: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, United Kingdom
John Pudney. Almanack of Hope. John Lane And The Bodley Head, 1944.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cream boards with red lettering to the spine and front. Firm binding clean pages that have some foxing to the text block edge. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket is now in a removable protective cover. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.05 + shipping
Description: pp32, b/w illus; 8vo, illus. boards. Jean Stone's bookplate. A very good copy in sl. browned dustwrapper with old tape marks.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
John Pudney Illustrator: John Nash. Almanack of Hope. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1944.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo. 140mm x 165mm. Illustrated, paper-covered boards. The jacket (now in a protective sleeve) is unclipped (3s 6d net) and typical of the war time period with paper shortages, the wrapper has been printed on re-used paper with a different title on the verso which is rather charming. Touches of edge wear, darkened to the margins and spine, couple of small stains. A nice copy of this sonnet sequence by Pudney with full-page b/w illustrations by Nash. Tidy ownership name to front free endpaper otherwise no blemishes. Pudney [1909-1977] was an author and journalist but with his poetry found his voice, especially during the war as he captured the effect of conflict on ordinary people's lives. The sonnet sequence follows the calendar year and the changing seasons, beautifully complemented by Nash's illustrations. John Nash [1893-1977] was the brother of the artist Paul Nash.
Seller: Love Rare Books, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom