Anthony Thwaite — Home Truths

Hessle, The Marvell Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A sharp first edition of Anthony Thwaite"s debut collection, Home Truths is a finely tuned exploration of the everyday from the poet who would go on to edit Philip Larkin"s work. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.Home Truths is Thwaite"s debut poetry collection, and established him as a promising young talent alongside contemporaries such as Philip Larkin. The poems in Home Truths often explore domestic life and the everyday, with poems including "The Plausible Bird", "Oedipus", "The Fabulous Animal", "Contra Artem Amoris", "After Eden", ad "Death of a Rat", among many others. Anthony Thwaite (1930–2021) was a British poet, editor, and critic known for his clear, reflective verse and for editing the works of Philip Larkin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to extremities and spine. Slight offsetting to endpapers, with the odd spot. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight offsetting with the odd slight scattered spot, heavier to rear wrap and perimeters. Wraps slightly age toned, with one or two slight handling marks. One or two very slight closed tears and chips to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.