Nicholas Moore — The Glass Tower

London, PL [Editions Poetry London]; Nicholson and Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful selection of Nicholas Moore's poetry, decorated with drawings by Lucian Freud. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. A collection of Nicholas Moore's poems written between 1936-1943, offering a truly representative selection. Includes poems such as 'Burnt in the Berries', 'To the Three Kings' and 'The Golden Swordfish&apos. Illustrated by British painter and draughtsman, Lucian Freud. Before his departure from the literary world, Moore's reputation stood as high as Dylan Thomas's, and he was closely associated with the New Apocalyptics in the 1940s.  In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and minor wear to the head and tail. With scattered spots and handling marks to the wrap. Small closed tear to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Lucian Freud. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.