ANDREW MOTION. — Laurels and Donkeys. Poems.

Clutag Press, Thame, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 35pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. The tiniest trace of spotting to the top edge, else a fine copy in fractionally marked and spotted dust wrapper with a small area of scoring to the front panel. A sequence of eighteen war poems referring to twentieth and twenty-first century conflicts, issued on Armistice Day 2010 and reputedly limited to just 500 copies. Several of the poems are based upon the memoirs of Motion's father who landed at Normandy Beach and fought in France and Germany. Uncommon., Near Fine, Very Good