Young God, Counting, thirty-five poems (SIGNED)

Dermot Chesson Spence

Published by Shakespeare Head Press / Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1939

About this Item

Signed on the title page: "with love - Dermot". No other inscriptions. Handwritten poem by Dermot Spence laid in, dated August 21st 1917. Note by the poet: "Written at Howtown when aged 13; picked up on the floor, as rubbish by Alice, when tidying". Alice brought up Dermot from the age of two following the death of his mother, the poet Nora Chesson. The poem begins "Our life is but a fading day, At dawn we bloom, by night we die."and is not included in the collection. Some other ephemera also laid in including two more printed poems by Dermot Spence (one a Christmas card) and a book plate with dedication from Alice Spence. The book is in very good bright condition with slight fraying to spine and a very little foxing.

Seller Inventory # 009792

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Young God, Counting, thirty-five poems (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Shakespeare Head Press / Basil Blackwell, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1939
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Signed Books
  • Poetry