Giles Gordon — Two Elegies; One Man Two Women; Couple

London; Knotting, Turret Books; Sheep Press; Sceptre Press, 1968-1978 . First edition. Paperback. Signed presentation copies of three scarce limited edition works of poetry by Giles Gordon, inscribed to publisher and friend Carmen Callil. Three first edition works by Giles Gordon, a writer whose 'day job' was as a flamboyant literary agent, publisher and critic whose clients included Fay Weldon, Prince Charles, Peter Ackroyd, Sue Townsend and Vikram Seth. Each work is inscribed to Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago.The first of these works is the uncommon 1968 work 'Two Elegies' (1968), inscribed 'Carmen, with love and respect', one of 150 copies produced.The second is the scarce 'One Man Two Women' (1974), inscribed 'for Carmen with esteem and affection', number 11 of fifty-one copies signed by the author, additionally signed to the limitation leaf.The third is the scarce first edition of 'Couple' (1978), a limited edition work inscribed to the title page 'Carmen, with love Giles&apos. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Inscription to half title of 'Man' and title pages of 'Elegies' and 'Couple&apos. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .