POEMS 1937-1942
signed first edition
1943 · London
by GASCOYNE, David
London: Nicholson & Watson, 1943. First Edition. Graham Sutherland. 8vo, pp. 62. Covers, title page and five full page colour illustrations by Graham Sutherland. Bound in some worn cloth backed illustrated boards, hinge loose. Signed on the end paper: "Cordially yours | David Gascoyne | Paris, Easter 1948. " With bookplate on the end paper of poets William Jay Smith and Barbara Howes. Signed on the endpaper by Smith. In addiiton, there are a couple of corrections and words added by Gascoyne in the text. Benford A6a. from Wikipedia: "David Gascoyne (10 October 1916 - 25 November 2001) was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement. He also translated work by French surrealist poets. (Inventory #: 58276)