William Plomer — Selected Poems

London, The Hogarth Press, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from South African-British writer William Plomer, for the Hogarth Press. First Edition. The New Hogarth Library Vol. 1. A collection of the poetry of William Charles Franklyn Plomer, a South African and British novelist, poet and literary editor. He is recognised as a modernist and his work was highly esteemed by other writers, including Virginia Woolf and Nadine Gordimer. With titles such as: Ula Masondo's Dream, Captain maru, Archaic Apollo, Rural Sport, Death of a Snake, and The Widow's Plot, amongst others. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light sunning to the extremities and the odd small spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.