Stephen Spender — Dolphins

London, Faber and Faber, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Sir Stephen Harold Spender, a signed limited edition copy. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty specially bound copies, of which this is number one hundred and forty. Signed by the author to the limitation page at the rear. Published after his Collected Poems of 1928-1985, this volume contains poems that cover a whole lifetime of experience, with titles such as: Her House, Laughter, History and Reality, Room, and The Alphabet Tree, amongst others. Written by Sir Stephen Harold Spender, an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1965. In the original quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .