B. Purshouse — Survival

London, The Mitre Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of poetry reflecting on British history, in original dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition copy of this 1961 book of poetry by B. Purshouse.Each poem recalls and recounts a chapter in British history.In original binding, with gilt lettering and original unclipped dust wrapper. Bound in original red cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Very mild rubbing to extremities. The odd marks to board extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail. Mild spotting and age toning to endpapers. Dust wrapper a little worn. Slight rubbing to wrapper and wrapper extremities. Large loss to paper to rear cover. Slight chipping to extremities. Sunning to spine. Slight spotting and age toning to reverse of dust wrapper. Tape mending to reverse head, fly leaf joint, and rear cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Slight spotting to text block edges. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.