Spring Birth, And Other Poems

1953. First Edition. 152 pages. Striped dust jacket over green quarter bound cloth with paper-covered boards. Heavy annotation to rear free endpaper. Pages are mostly clear, with light tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a notable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Lightly tanned overall. Pencil marks on rear panel.