Poetry Since 1939 (First Edition, Inscribed by the Author)

London: Published for The British Council by Longmans, Green and Co., 1946. Softcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by Stephen Spender on the title page (see images). The Arts in Britain, No. 1. Pictorial gray wrappers, 5.5 x 8 inches, 70 pp. Lithograph frontispiece by John Craxton. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Gray pictorial wrappers show light creasing, rubbing, and age toning, with wear along the edges and spine and lightly curled corners. The rear cover is darkened along the upper edge and spine. Pages are clean with no additional names or markings. Previous bookseller's light pencil notes appear on the front endpaper. Book condition: Good plus. Published as the first volume in The Arts in Britain series, issued by the British Council to introduce contemporary British literature and the arts to an international audience. Stephen Spender examines the development of modern English poetry during and immediately after World War II, with discussions of T. S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Robert Graves, W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, and other leading poets. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a new box. …