Gate to the Sea: A novel by BRYHER; LYONS, Islay de Courcy (DJ design and photographs) - 1959

London: Collins, 1959. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION. 8vo + b/w photographic plates of Paestum. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Edges tobacco-toned. Scatter of spots and faint bands of off-setting to endpapers, David Graham's monochrome book label to front pastedown, else, clean and tight. In the original monochrome dust jacket, designed by Islay de Courcy Lyons: price-clipped, creasing and edgewear, head of spine frayed. Still, a neat copy of Bryher's only historical novel to feature illustrations and a female protagonist. Very good/ good+ With a printed dedication, "To Kenneth & Islay". Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons (1922-1993) was a Welsh photographer, who was Kenneth Macpherson's partner. They lived together on Capri at Villa Tuoro, caring for Norman Douglas in his final years.