signed first edition Hardcover
(1959) · New York
by ABSE, Dannie
New York: Criterion Books, (1959). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Early title by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, first published in England in 1957. Poet William Meredith's copy with his SIGNATURE at the top of the front endpaper, below which is INSCRIBED "With respect,/Dannie Abse," with the poet's last name crossed out by him. Laid in is a promotional photograph of Abse. (Inventory #: 018111)