Add this copy of Poetry London X to cart. $42.83, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1944 by Editions Poetry.
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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 mark to the boards. Minor splits in the cloth to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or crease. Light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good.
Add this copy of Poetry London X to cart. $48.95, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1944 by Nicholson & Watson.
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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.
Add this copy of Poetry London X to cart. $50.52, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1944 by Nicholson & Watson.
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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.
Add this copy of Poetry London New York Volume I Number 2 Winter 1956 to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1956 by Poetry Institute Incorporated.
Add this copy of Poetry London X to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1944 by Nicholson & Watson.
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Mervyn Peake; et al. Very Good. Volume 2, number 10 of the brightly illustrated and highly regarded literary magazine, 'Poetry London'. The first edition. Volume 2, number 10. Â Illustrated with two monochrome plates, three lithographic coloured plates including one folding plate which illustrates T. S. Eliot's 'Rhapsody on a Windy Night', and eight monochrome illustrations by Mervyn Peak for 'The Ancient Mariner'. Collated complete. Â Volume two of the literary magazine 'Poetry London', edited by Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu, the founder of this respected magazine. This volume features a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas (1920-1944), and poetry and prose from well-known writers such as R. S. Thomas, Stevie Smith, Henry Miller, and Lawrence Durrell. Â In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities and minor spotting to the front. Spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with spotting to the front and rear only. Very Good.
Add this copy of Poetry London-New York: March-April 1956 to cart. $57.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1956 by Poetry London-New York Books.
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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.
