Lecture to the Trainees

An anthology of the poems of the Scottish poet George MacBeth, the first edition, from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition.An anthology of the poems of George MacBeth, collecting together ten poems.Including 'The Absentees', 'D'Annunzio to the Guard of the Piave', 'Casanova', 'A Roman Death', 'The Spider's Nest', 'Manalive', 'Maxims of Bluebeard', 'Lecture to the Trainees', 'The Disciple', and 'Ash'.George MacBeth was a Scottish poet who worked at BBC Radio for over twenty years.From the library of Brian Aldiss, with a note loosely inserted regarding the provenance from his daughter, Wendy Aldiss. Aldiss was a popular English science fiction author, an influential writer of the twentieth century. One of his short stories, 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long', was the basis for the Stanley Kubrick - Steven Spielberg 2001 film 'A. I. Artificial Intelligence'. He was part of the British New Wave of sci-fi, and was greatly influenced by H. G. Wells. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities of the wraps are a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.…