DYMER | By C. S. Lewis
Dymer (DY)
A Poem
Dymer is a narrative poem published by J. M. Dent in 1926 under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton (his actual first name followed by his mother’s maiden name). Lewis worked on this poem, his most important poem, as early as 1916, when still only 17 years old, and completed it in 1925. It was Lewis’s second published work. Two settings of the work currently exist, although the two settings are identical through page 40, where a forced return on the first line of Canto 4.12 in Setting 2 (the American Edition) causes paginations to diverge by a page thereafter.
SETTING 1
D1a
J. M. Dent & Sonts Ltd. (September 20, 1926)
Printing: London
Under pseudonym “Clive Hamilton”
Blue flecked hardback with black Dymer image by R. L. Knowles on cover and gold title/author on Spine
Jacket: Black title over black author over black and gold Dymer image by R. L. Knowles all in yellow box on tan cover
103 pages
Printing History:
Sold for 6d.
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D1b
J. M. Dent & Sonts Ltd. (19 October 1950)
Printing: The Temple Press, Letchworth, Herts
Includes new preface by C. S. Lewis
Red/Orange hardback with gold title/author on spine
Jacket: Red title over red author on grey cover
103 pages
This edition may also have been co-released by Macmillan in the USA, but [Unseen]
Printing History:
Sold for 7s.6d.
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SETTING 2
DN
E. P. Dutton & Company (1926, American Edition)
Printing: New York
Under pseudonym “Clive Hamilton”
Hardback: Purple with gray overleaf, sticker with purple title, author on cover, with tan paper overleaf and sticker with title/author on spine
Jacket: Black title/author over background image of red armored angel behind over image of Dymer breaking free of chains on white cover.
105 pages
NOTE: Settings 1 and 2 are identical through page 40, where a forced return on the first line of Canto 4.12 in Setting 2 (the American Edition) causes paginations to diverge by a page thereafter.
Printing History:
[Unknown]
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