Tony Connor — With Love Somehow & in the Happy Valley

London, Oxford University Press, 1962-1971. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from English writer Tony Connor. Two volumes. First edition. Written by John Anthony Connor, an English poet and playwright. This set includes: With Love Somehow, 1962. The author's first volume of poetry, exploring the city with honesty and unsentimental concern of the universal themes he finds there. In the Happy Valley, 1971. A collection of poetry concerned with the mind and the forces that threaten and sustain it. This collection observes the middle-aged man in a setting with ostensible resemblance to the U.S.A. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original dust wrapper for With Love Somehow remains unclipped while In the Happy Valley has been price-clipped. Dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.