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Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection — from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock, with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in.
Fine.
Price: $100.00
Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection — from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock, with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in.
Fine.
Price: $100.00
"the thread / of a story / which ends in my hands / with the head / of a viper"
This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees," and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note to Comstock: "P.S. Did I tell you I was in the U.S.A. in January making a film for the BBC about American poet Weldon Kees? Well - I was. Also, did I tell you I was a prosecuting probation officer, working in court all day every day? Well - I am. Maybe that's the connection." Bright and sharp.
First printing. London: Faber and Faber, (1992). 7.75'' x 5''. Original orange and white wrappers. 88 pages. Signed by Armitage on title page and inscribed "For Rolland L. Comstock / Signed with great pleasure, and wishing health and happiness to you and yours. Bon Voyage to this book, on its third trans-Atlantic crossing, making it more widely travelled than its author. Regards / Simon." Additional handwritten post-it note from Armitage attached to first leaf.
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