Stephen Spender — The Still Centre
London , Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Stephen Spender. First Edition. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Stephen Spender was an English poet, novelist and essayist. Thematically, Spender focused mostly on social injustice and the class struggle in most of his works. In a full cloth binding and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is sunned to the spine and wrap edges. Rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Chips to the head and tail of spine as well as to the extremities. Scattered spots to the front and rear wraps. Prior owner's notes to the recto of front endpaper and to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional spots to endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.