signed first edition Hard Cover
1973 · London
by Barker, George
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x7. Signed by author. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('George Barker for Mike'). Top edge faintly foxed, three tiny spots on fore-edge, tiny sticker on jacket spine base. 1973 Hard Cover. 77, [1] pp. 8vo. Barker was part of the New Apocalyptics movement, and his affair with Elizabeth Smart inspired her novel By Grand Central Station. "George Barker's new collection of poems is inspired again principally by both places and people. In particular, of course, it is inspired by the memory of his friend, David Archer, bookseller and publisher, whose generosity - both material and spiritual - supported so many poets at the times when they were most in need of it. (Inventory #: 2263256)