Poems for Shakespeare 2 [Volume Two]

Limited edition of 100 copies (this being no. 50) signed by contributing authors Ted Hughes, D. J. Enright, Harry Guest, Wole Soyinka, Seamus Heaney, Michael Schmidt, Christopher Hampton, Fleur Adcock, Douglas Dunn, Michael Hamburger, Tanikawa Shuntaro, Edward Lucie-Smith, and Ted Walker. Also contains works by Ben Jonson, John Milton, . and an introduction by Graham Fawcett. The Globe Playhouse Trust commissioned works inspired by Shakespeare, briefing the poets to write either an occasional poem for Shakespeare, a poem developing a Shakespearean theme or character, a neo-Shakespearean lyric, or a poem adopting or containing a phrase or line from Shakespeare which were performed by the poets in London on 25th April 1973. Each of the poems by contemporary authors includes a black and white photographed portrait with a short biography beneath, Ta is also printed in Japanese. pp. 80. First Edtion. Quarter tan calf with titles stamped in gilt, red cloth-covered boards also stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. Typeset by Specialist Offset Services Ltd. and printed by Whitstable Litho, Straker Services Ltd. Bound by A. W. Lumsden (signature at the rear). 22 x 15 cms Spine mottled otherwise very good condition, pages clean, binding firm and square. Slipcase very faintly marked, but otherwise very good condition.…