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First Edition. Three new British poets presented - first book publication for Iain Chrichton Smith. Signature to fep of the Scottish forester and gardener Jean Balfour in pencil. A few light marks to jacket otherwise VG in VG- price-clipped jacket.

Original Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Signed by the Christopher Levenson in the top left hand corner of the front free endpaper and dedicated to Judy (Judith Edmundson Hall). The boards are a little rubbed at the corners but otherwise unmarked. Endpapers and page edges browned but pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has chipping with some loss at the top of the spine and in the top right hand corner of the rear panel. Chipping to the corners and at the bottom of the spine. First printing. Signed by Author(s).

VG, no dj. Binding is Hardbound.

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. A smart first edition of this introduction to three new British poets, edited by Scottish writer Edwin Muir. First edition. An introduction to three new British poets, none of whom had previously had a book published, although all had had poetry broadcast and printed in various periodicals. This volume contains the works of: Iain Crichton Smith, a Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic, remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry. Karen Gershon, a German-born British writer and poet who escaped to Britain in December 1938. One of her best-known poems, "I was not there", describes her feelings of guilt at not being there when her parents were murdered by the Nazis. Christopher Levenson, a Canadian poet who has won both the Eric Gregory Award and the Archibald Lampman Award. Edited by Edwin Muir, a Scottish poet, novelist and translator. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light wear and fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.

First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 156 pages. Anthology edited by Muir and includes poems by Iain Crichton Smith, Karen Gershon, and Christopher Levenson. A near fine copy with a couple of tiny pen marks to the bottom of the page edges in a very near fine dust jacket.