Stephen Spender — Collected Poems 1928-1953

London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition collection of poems from U. S. Poet Laureate Consultant Spender, with dust wrapper. A very smart first edition collection of verse by English poet, novelist and essayist Sir Stephen Spender. Spender's work often centred around class struggle and societal injustice. In 1965, he was appointed U. S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. In publisher's original cloth, with unclipped dust wrapper. Bound in original red cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Mild bumping to extremities. Mild to moderate age toning to endpapers. Dust wrapper very smart. Mild shelf wear. Slight sunning to spine. Mild marks and age toning to rear dust wrapper cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Moderate spotting and dusting to text block top edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.