A. L. Rowse — Strange Encounter
London, Jonathan Cape , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition collection of poetry from British historian and writer, A. L. Rowse. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this poetry collection by A. L. Rowse, an English historian and writer who became one of the 20th century"s foremost authorities on Elizabethan England.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This is Rowse's sixth volume of poetry, unique in its relation to his historical expertise, something that Rowse touches on in his preface. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and worming affecting the edges, particularly around the flyleaves. Marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
