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None. Very Good. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London. First edition. Volume 2, No. 10. Containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas; poetry and prose from well-known writers such as R. S. Thomas, Stevie Smith, Henry Miller, and Lawrence Durrell; a lithograph to T. S. Eliot's Rhapsody on a Windy Night by Gerald Wilde, and colour drawings for The Ancient Mariner by Mervyn Peake. Collated, complete. Edited by Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu, a Tamil poet, editor, critic and publisher, who had significant influence in the literary scenes of London and New York City. In 1939, Tambimuttu founded the literary magazine Poetry London, to which many well-known writers contributed, including: Lawrence Durrell, Kathleen Raine, W. H. Auden, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Roy Campbell, Robin Skelton, and many others. The magazine showcased late modernist and American Beat poetry. In the original beige cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good.
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Gerald Wilde; Mervyn Peake. Very Good. A first edition copy of Volume 2, Number 10, of this brightly illustrated and highly regarded literary magazine Poetry London. The first edition of this work, Volume 2, Number 10, of Poetry London, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1945. Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu (1915-1983) was a Tamil poet, editor, critic and publisher, who had significant influence in the literary scenes of London and New York City, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1939, he founded the literary magazine Poetry London, to which many well-known writers contributed, including: Lawrence Durrell, Kathleen Raine, W. H. Auden, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Roy Campbell, Robin Skelton, and many others. Consequently the magazine showcased late modernist and American Beat poetry. This 1944 work is Volume 2, Number 10, of Poetry London, containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas (1920-1944); poetry and prose from well-known writers such as R. S. Thomas, Stevie Smith, Henry Miller, and Lawrence Durrell; a lithograph to T. S. Eliot's Rhapsody on a Windy Night by Gerald Wilde, and drawings for The Ancient Mariner by Mervyn Peake. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, cloth is generally smart, though faded to the spine and front board, with a little bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good.
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Fine. Vol. 1, no. 1. Cover art by Alexander Calder. Cover edges sunned, else fine in stapled wrappers. Signed by Jean Garrigue and Louise Bogan at their contributions.
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Gerald Wilde; Mervyn Peake. Very Good Indeed in Very Good jacket. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London, with the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, Volume 2, Number 10, of Poetry London, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu (1915-1983) was a Tamil poet, editor, critic and publisher, who had significant influence in the literary scenes of London and New York City, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1939, he founded the literary magazine Poetry London, to which many well-known writers contributed, including: Lawrence Durrell, Kathleen Raine, W. H. Auden, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Roy Campbell, Robin Skelton, and many others. Consequently the magazine showcased late modernist and American Beat poetry. This 1944 work is Volume 2, Number 10, of Poetry London, containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas (1920-1944); poetry and prose from well-known writers such as R. S. Thomas, Stevie Smith, Henry Miller, and Lawrence Durrell; a lithograph to T. S. Eliot's Rhapsody on a Windy Night by Gerald Wilde, and drawings for The Ancient Mariner by Mervyn Peake. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is smart and bright, with just two small marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Dust wrapper remains bright, but is chipped to the head and tail of the spine, with two small closed tears to the front of the wrap and two small closed tears to the rear of the wrap. Very Good Indeed.
