signed first edition Hardcover
1964 · Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
by WHITE, Eric W., edited by. (Thom Gunn)
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England: The Trustees & Guardians of Shakespeare's Birthplace, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. With an introduction by Patrick Garland, John Lehmann and William Plomer. Tall octavo. 17pp. Corrigenda tipped in on preliminary page, spine and boards lightly age-toned, else near fine. Signed by Thom Gunn on the page containing his poem 'The Kiss'. This special edition is number 37 out of 100 copies printed with contributions by Edmund Blunden, Charles Causley, Hugh MacDiarmid, Roy Fuller, Derek Walcott, Dom Moraes, Stephen Spender, Thom Gunn, W.D. Snodgrass, Randall Jarrell, Thomas Kinsella, Laurie Lee, Peter Porter, David (truncated)