Alan Ross — To Whom It May Concern: Poems 1952-57

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poems by English war poet Alan Ross, with a note from the publisher's addressed to Stephen Spender. The first edition.  In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.  With a note from the publishers addressed with compliments to English poet Stephen Spender.  A collection of poems by Alan Ross, a British poet, writer, editor and publisher. Including poems such as 'For a London Child', 'Venetian Games', and Vicenza&apos.  Ross came to prominence as a poet with poems inspired by his experience during the Second World War. He was one of the few poets who wrote poems in English about naval warfare during that war.   In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Very light fading to spine. One spot to front paste down. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.