W. S. GRAHAM. — 2nd Poems.

Nicholson & Watson / Editions Poetry London, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing), printed at The Shenval Press. Slim 8vo. 36pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. The backstrip rolled as is invariably the case, the fore edge very slightly spotted, and with some more noticeable spotting to the free endpapers and to one or two unprinted preliminary and concluding leaves. Contemporary former owner gift inscription inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A good copy, really very crisp internally, in good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, which is a little faded, spotted, rubbed and lightly chipped, with a small ink blemish to the rear panel, and some abrasion to the head of the front panel accompanying a miniscule fraction of enclosed loss. Twenty-three poems. A respectable copy of the author's most uncommon third collection of verse following 'The Seven Journeys' (1944) and 'Cage Without Grievance' (1942). The title of the collection is in fact a dedication to the author's wife, "2nd Poems" in fact meaning "To N[essie] D[unsmuir] Poems"., Good, Good