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1981. . Paperback. Very Good. QUARTO. - Limited edition of 350 copies, this being number 303, w/ a title page engraving by Miriam MacGregor - Includes poems by Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, leonard Clark, Charles Causley,Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A. L. Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, R. S. Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Ted Walker, John Wain & Laurence Whistler - Covers are a liottle rubbed w/ minor creasing and four small amrks to front - Gift inscription in red pen to front free endpaper - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright - 56 pages

Stratford-upon-Avon,, 1981. First Edition. Paperback.. Very good, very slight edgewear.. Large 8vo. Pp (56) unnumbered. In publisher's maroon marbled paper wraps with a paper title label to front. Text in maroon type throughout. Number 208 or 350 copies.

Stratford-upon-Avon: Celandine Press, 1981. 1st. paperback. Near Fine, numbered 333 (of 350), marbled wrappers good (only minor corner bumping), tight binding, untrimmed pages pristine. Incl. original order form on pink paper.. 4to (300 x 240 / 12"" x 9_). 22 poems, most of which were written for the occasion of Betjeman's 75th birthday. Contributors: Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A. L. Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, R. S. Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Ted Walker, John Wain and Laurence Whistler. Title page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Limited to 350 copies (150 quarter bound of which 75 signed by all contributors; 200 in marbled-paper wrappers).

The Calendine Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition - one of 200 numbered examples, hand-set and printed on Zerkall mould-made paper and bound in wrappers (from a total edition of 350 copies). 4to. Unpaginated. Unprinted burgundy wrappers with an integral marbled dust wrapper. The wrappers very slightly rubbed at the yapped upper and lower edges. Very good indeed. Miriam Macgregor contributes a delightful title page decoration, Roger Pringle a one-page preface, and original poems (all hitherto unprinted) are contributed by Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A.L.Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, R.S.Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Ted Walker, John Wain, and Laurence Whistler. "The project was kept a secret from J.B. and the book was presented to him by Roger Pringle… Read More

Straford-upon-Avon: The Celandine Press, 1981. 1st. Hardback. Fine. First limited edition hardback (110/150), 1981, in marbled boards quarter bound in black buckram with gold blocked titles to spine and no jacket as issued. In overall fine condition. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor bright and clear throughout. Includes the publishers original order form flyer for this edition loosely inserted. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

(Stratford-upon-Avon): The Celandine Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, clothbound issue. Edited by Roger Pringle. Quarto. [49]pp. Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Quarter black buckram gilt and marbled paper-covered boards. A fine copy. Copy number 107 of 150 clothbound copies. Prints poems by Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Stephen Spender, R.S. Thomas, Roy Fuller, Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Sacheverell Sitwell, Elizabeth Jennings, and others.