Michael Horovitz — Midsummer Morning Jog Log

Hereford, Five Seasons Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of an exuberant poem, written by beat poet Michael Horovitz and illustrated by pop artist Peter Blake. The first edition of Midsummer Morning Jog Log, an exuberant poem written and signed by renowned British beat poet Michael Horovitz, illustrated and signed by prolific pop artist Peter Blake.  In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Horovitz's and Blake's signatures to the title leaf, with numerous in-text and full-pages illustrations by Blake. Described as a "rural rhapsody", Midsummer Morning Jog Log is a hopeful and whimsical poem that takes the reader around the Cotswold Valley, with Blake's mounted block illustrations complimenting the rural beauty described. Horovitz and Blake first collaborated on the Wolverhampton Wanderer epic, before embarking upon this particular project over a decade later.  In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal marks and edgewear. Blue end papers are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is mostly bright and clean, with a couple of small spots near joints and minor signs of browning to wrapper extremities. Minor signs of edgewear to wrapper, mostly to heads and tails of spine, and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Signatures to title leaf. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Peter Blake. Fine/Very Good Indeed.