Richard Church — The Inheritors: Poems 1948-55

London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Richard Church's later poetry collection 'The Inheritors', from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Richard Church (1893-1972) was an English writer, poet and critic, also known for his three volumes of autobiography. This is a later volume of his poems written between 1948 and 1955, compiled from those published in various newspapers such as the Sunday Times, The Observer and the Poetry Review.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely bright condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition with very light shelfwear to the extremities. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.