Louis Macneice. The Last Ditch. The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1940.

Price: US$57.64 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 34 pages, good/very good condition in paper covered boards and linen spine, some marks on the front board, corners of boards slightly worn, spine browned, paper title label stained and worn, text in fine, clean condition, one of an edition of 450 copies. A previous owner has written their name and opinions of the book on a blank preliminary page and underlined the publication date on the colophon.

Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom

MACNEICE, Louis. The Last Ditch. Cuala Press, Dublin, 1940, 1940.

Price: US$160.11 + shipping

Description: 1st edition. Original buckram blue paper covered boards with cream quarterbound spine, tiny spine label chip, bright blue endpapers, pages clean bar a little spotting on the front text block. Poetry in the form of the author's 'Prognosis', 'The Coming of War', 'Five Novelettes' and 'Three Poems Apart'. One of 450 copies only.

Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom

Macneice, Louis. The Last Ditch. Cuala Press, Dublin, 1940.

Price: US$192.90 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cuala Press, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. One of 450 printed. Frontispiece tissue is intact. Cover has mild shelfwear, tiny chips on edge of rear board, spine darked, spine label slightly frayed. Foxing on fore edge, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked, top edge un-cut. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.

Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.

LOUIS MACNEICE.. The Last Ditch. Poems.. The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1940.

Price: US$256.17 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, limited to 450 copies. Slim 8vo. 34pp. Linen-backed paper-covered boards, lettered in black at the upper board and with a slightly tanned and chipped paper spine label. All edges untrimmed. With a title page vignette and a loose tissue protector. Corner tips chafed and with just a hint of marking to the boards in one or two places. A very good copy, lacking the unprinted glassine protector. Nineteen poems plus five novelettes. Armitage & Clark A14.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom

Louis MacNeice. The Last Ditch. The Cuala Press, 1940.

Price: US$268.58 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good clean copy with tissue cover and Mylar. First edition . 1/450 copies. . . . .

Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland