C. Day Lewis — A Time to Dance and Other Poems
London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetical collection from Poet Laureate, Cecil Day-Lewis. The first edition. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with a small gilt stamp to the front board.This is the fourth poetry collection from Cecil Day-Lewis, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972.Day-Lewis also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart. With light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading and damp marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .