Val Warner — These Yellow Photos

Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited first edition of These Yellow Photos, Val Warner"s striking debut poetry pamphlet. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This copy is a first limited edition, being one of six hundred copies that have been printed.These Yellow Photos is a debut poetry pamphlet by British poet Val Warner, with poems including: "in Woolworth's", "sand man", "old master", "first year", "envoi", "empty lyric", "Medieval scene" and "Roman", among many others.Valerie Margaret Warner (1946–2020) was a British poet, editor, translator, and literary scholar, best known for reviving interest in early‑20th‑century poet Charlotte Mew. Warner was awarded the Eric Gregory Award in 1975 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1998. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd slight crease and very minor loss to paper. One or two very slight handling marks with slight soiling to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .