first edition Unbound
1967 · [London]
by HUGHES, Ted
[London]: Excel Offset Ltd, 1967. Unbound. Fine. Broadside printed both sides. Approximately 8" x 11½". Top left corner a trifle bumped, still fine. Recto prints a psychedelic design in brown and black designed and signed in type by Edward Tuersley announcing the festival and incorporating the names of the featured poets who will appear: "Akmadulina, Empson, Ginsberg, Kavanagh, Auden, Spender, Lee, Yevtushenko, Hecht, MacDiarmid, Sexton, Amichai, Ungaretti, Voznesensky, Neruda, Berryman and Bonnefoy" with the dates and location. Verso is largely taken up with a statement by Ted Hughes about the high purpose of the festival, and the universality of poetry. Very scarce. (Inventory #: 321306)