Uncorrected galley proof. Quarto. Self wrappers consisting of 79 unbound quarto sheets, printed on rectos only, as issued. Pp. [ii], 140 [with two printed pages of text per sheet (complete as issued)]. The printer's corrected setting copy, stating "PBC Inc / Printer's Copy." on lower margin of most pages, with various minor setting instructions by printer in ink holograph, throughout the text.; A near fine copy, with light creasing along fold of first few pages; all sheets are folded once vertically, as issued. A scarce title in this format. Gavin Ewart's first book to be published in the United States. Anglo-Scottish poet Gavin Ewart (1916-1995) was born in London, educated at Wellington College and Christ's College, Cambridge; at age seventeen his poetry was published in Geoffrey Grigson's New Verse (in 1933).

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Title

The Gavin Ewart Show: Selected Poems 1939-1985

Publisher

Bits Press, Cleveland

Publication Date

1986

Binding

Unbound

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

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