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Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 66 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in dust wrapper, which has sunned spine. A little wear to extremities and occasional light foxing, but otherwise a very good copy. Pictorial bookplate and 1968 signature, on first free endpaper. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Poems written 1952-57, some of which previously appeared in periodicals. Juvenilia 2 contained poems written 1958-62 (1963). The first published work in book form of Robert Nye (1939-2016), poet,t novelist, playwright and children's short story writer. His best selling novel, Falstaff appeared in 1976, winning several prizes for literature.