Edwin Brock — The Blocked Heart

New York, New Directions, 1976. Cloth. The signed first American issue of Edwin Brock's fourth anthology, a brilliant example of confessional poetry. The first American issue of The Blocked Heart, an anthology filled with wry melancholy, written and signed by British poet Edwin Brock. In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Brock's inscription to the front free end paper. A self-taught poet from the age of eighteen, Brock worked as both a police officer and a copywriter while juggling a successful poetry career along the side. His confessional poetry was particularly praised in the United States, leading New Directions to published a variety of his works.  In the publisher's original red cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal edgewear and marks. Dust wrapper is mostly bright and clean, with sunning to the wrapper spine and to top half of rear wrap. Minimal edgewear to dust wrapper. A couple of small faint spots to end papers. Brock's inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with faint spotting to leaf edges of pp.49-53. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.