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FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, pp. [x], 119, [1]. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Some spotting to textblock edge. Cloth sunned, particularly to spine. Inscription to flyleaf: ?For Mrs Irene Brown from William Empson?, contemporary compliments slip loosely inserted. An inscribed copy of the first edition of poet and critic William Empson?s Collected Poems; loosely inserted is a short note from Empson?s University of Sheffield colleague (and the recipient?s cousin) Dr Gilbert Kennedy wishing the recipient a happy birthday. Kennedy composed the music for Empson?s masque ?The Birth of Steel? for the Queen?s 1954 visit to Sheffield, the text of which is printed to pp. 85-89 of this volume. Seller Inventory # 5700
Bibliographic Details
Title: Collected Poems.
Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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