Celebrations / William Plomer
1972, First Edition. London : Jonathan Cape. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #398336
ISBN: 0224006649
Physical description; 64 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; 1 -- A note from a cello -- A church in Bavaria -- A casual encounter -- The axe in the orchard -- The planes of Bedford Square -- 2 -- A Victorian album -- No identity -- Anonyma -- Theatre of dreams -- Tension at sunset -- 3 -- Stones of Argyll -- Five wild orchids -- In a cathedral town -- Your heart and the moon -- To the moon and back -- The red fault lamp -- They -- Contemporaries -- 4 -- Bureaucratic negatives -- Passed by the censor -- White gloves -- 5 -- The guru -- Another old man -- At a memorial service -- Put up to be shot at -- Sleeping alone -- Death of a hedge-sparrow -- Now. Subjects; Cavafy, C. P. 1863-1933. English poetry 20th century. Edwin Morgan Archive. Apartheid. Churches and chapels. Epitaphs. Transience and mutability. Poetry in English, 1945 Texts.
Price: €18.95