A Poet's Year (Inscribed)
Macbeth, George
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1973
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Hardcover
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8vo. 73 pp. A very good copy with light dampstain to a portion of the front cover. The same light dampstain affects the dustwrapper. Clipped at front flap. This copy INSCRIBED to Burt Britten. Book describes worse than it presents. Seller Inventory # 16847
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Title: A Poet's Year (Inscribed)
Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: good +
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.
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The Bloom of Candles. Verse from a Poet's Year : Inscribed Twice By The Author
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John Lehmann, London, 1947
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Hardcover
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Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., yellow boards lettered in black to upper cover; in the yellow Lehmann wrapper lettered in black, with publisher s device in blue to the front flap and overlaid price sticker 3 6 net; [unpaginated]; The BOOK with endpapers mildly offset; several pieces of ephemera tipped-in, including a small newspaper clipping affixed to the front free endpaper, an 'Arts Council' poetry reading schedule to the verso, and a clipping showing a photograph of the author/poet reclining on a bed of oranges tipped to the verso of the half-title ; a couple of in-text authorial penned corrections; a couple of light markings to the lower board, and a little toning to the upper edge; a Very Good++ copy in the Very Good+ WRAPPER, panels toned, light creases to the edges and one small chip to the foot of spine; one small brown stain to the lower panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, this copy doubly inscribed to Leslie Dakin - the first to the front free endpaper: To Leslie Dakin & sons - & daughters - with the best wishes of Laurie Lee . The second inscription to the half title: Inscribed for Leslie Dakin, with best wishes, Laurie Lee . As well as the two tipped-in pieces of ephemera, a programme from a poetry reading at the Arts Council of Great Britain is also loosely inserted. Lee s second work of poetry following The Sun My Monument (The Hogarth Press, 1944), and a slim volume of just twelve poems which follow the year s seasons. Beginning with Christmas Landscape , Lee progresses through Poem for Easter and April Rise to Summer Rain and Field of Autumn , concluding with December Dawn . The poet wrote just four collections of poetry during his lifetime, believing that experience and emotion are best set forth in short measurereaders would rather tackle a book of about a dozen lyrics than a great slab. (S. Oliver-Jones A3). More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1728740213873
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