Richard C. Raymond — A Moment of Bells

Boston, The Plowshare Press Incorporated, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this poetical collection from Richard C. Raymond. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated Dec. 16 1970.The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Richard C. Raymond held varied jobs as farm and mill hand, prison worker, social worker, and administrator in international organisations. After World War II, he joined the United Nations' Relief and Rehabilitation Agency in Germany.Many of the experiences he gained there are reflected in his poetry and emulate the feeling of not being able to reconcile some of the happenings in his life with peace of mind. In the original cloth binding. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is sunned with edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Author's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.