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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Herbert Blackburn (Cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - January-February 1941 - the fourth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Herbert Blackburn. ***Very good in the original thin cream, black and red printed stapled covers. The covers are slightly marked and creased, commensurate with age and handling. The front cover is clean and largely uncreased, but the back cover is very creased, surface marked and discoloured (please see scans). Spine browned. Bottom corners slightly creased. Spine tight. No tears. Red title to front cover bright. Internally very good, with clean pages - just the top of the last printed page slightly discoloured and marked. ***36 printed pages plus adverts on the inside covers. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Fourth letter by Tambimuttu, dated January 15, 1941; Two poems by Walter de la Mare; On a Wedding Anniversary by Dylan Thomas; A Wartime Dawn by David Gascoyne; Two War Poems by George Scurfield; The Dyke-builder by Henry Treece; In a Time of Crisis by Lawrence Durrell; Reviews, including: Richard Eberhart by Nicholas Moore; T. S. Eliot's East Coker by James H. Kirkup; En Partant Pour Syrie by G.S . Fraser. Four Lyrics by Tambimuttu. ***Also poems by Anne Ridler, Gavin Ewart, Peter J. Little, G. S. Fraser, John Malcolm Brinnin, J. C. Hall and Nicholas Moore. ***Particularly interesting is the perceptive two-page review of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" (Faber & Faber 1s.) by James H. Kirkup. This issue also contains an essay "The Unconscious: Spirituality: Catastrophe by Pierre Jean Jouve (translated from the French by David Gascoyne). ***Vol. 1. No. 4 - the fourth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the early years of the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce in any condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Herbert Blackburn (cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - January-February 1941 - the fourth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Herbert Blackburn. ***Very good in the original thin cream, black and red printed stapled covers. The covers are slightly marked and creased, commensurate with age and handling. The front cover is clean and largely uncreased, but the back cover is slightly creased and surface marked (please see scans). Red title to front cover bright. No tears. Spine tight. Internally near fine, with no inscriptions. No marks or significant creasing. No tears. ***36 printed pages plus adverts on the inside covers. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Fourth letter by Tambimuttu, dated January 15, 1941; Two poems by Walter de la Mare; On a Wedding Anniversary by Dylan Thomas; A Wartime Dawn by David Gascoyne; Two War Poems by George Scurfield; The Dyke-builder by Henry Treece; In a Time of Crisis by Lawrence Durrell; Reviews, including: Richard Eberhart by Nicholas Moore; T. S. Eliot's East Coker by James H. Kirkup; En Partant Pour Syrie by G.S . Fraser. Four Lyrics by Tambimuttu. ***Also poems by Anne Ridler, Gavin Ewart, Peter J. Little, G. S. Fraser, John Malcolm Brinnin, J. C. Hall and Nicholas Moore. ***Particularly interesting is the perceptive two-page review of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" (Faber & Faber 1s.) by James H. Kirkup. This issue also contains an essay "The Unconscious: Spirituality: Catastrophe by Pierre Jean Jouve (translated from the French by David Gascoyne). ***Vol. 1. No. 4 - the fourth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the early years of the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce in any condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Herbert Blackburn (cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol. 1, No. 4 - January-February 1941 - the fourth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Herbert Blackburn. ***Near fine in the original thin cream, black and red printed stapled covers. The covers are exceptionally clean and unmarked. No tears. Red title to front cover bright. Internally the pages are beautifully clean and unmarked, without any of the usual foxing. Top and bottom corners of pages just lightly creased. No tears. ***36 printed pages plus adverts on the inside covers. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Fourth letter by Tambimuttu, dated January 15, 1941; Two poems by Walter de la Mare; On a Wedding Anniversary by Dylan Thomas; A Wartime Dawn by David Gascoyne; Two War Poems by George Scurfield; The Dyke-builder by Henry Treece; In a Time of Crisis by Lawrence Durrell; Reviews, including: Richard Eberhart by Nicholas Moore; T. S. Eliot's East Coker by James H. Kirkup; En Partant Pour Syrie by G.S . Fraser. Four Lyrics by Tambimuttu. ***Also poems by Anne Ridler, Gavin Ewart, Peter J. Little, G. S. Fraser, John Malcolm Brinnin, J. C. Hall and Nicholas Moore. ***Particularly interesting is the perceptive two-page review of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" (Faber & Faber 1s.) by James H. Kirkup. This issue also contains an essay "The Unconscious: Spirituality: Catastrophe by Pierre Jean Jouve (translated from the French by David Gascoyne). ***Vol. 1. No. 4 - the fourth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the early years of the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce, and copies in such nice collectable condition are seldom seen. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Vol.1, No.6 - the sixth issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu - Enlarged First Anniversary Number. ***The first two printed pages are a black and white full-page photo illustration of Zwemmer's bookshop front window display of Ernest Hemingway's new book: "For Whom The Bell Tolls", and its review by R. Friedmann on the facing page on the inside front cover. ***Very good in the original thin cream, black and ochre-yellow printed stapled covers. Some marks to the covers commensurate with age and handling, but the covers are exceptionally clean. Staples rusted as usual. Internally also very good. Pages clean without any of the usual foxing. No tears. Would be described as near fine except for some bumping to the top corners of the covers and page block. There is also some offsetting to the first printed page (inside front cover) where a newspaper article seems to have been placed (since removed). Spine tight. ***48 pages (plus adverts on inside of covers) and still retains the original Poetry London subscription form at the back - "7/- for a year's subscription to POETRY (London)". 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Poem by Anne Ridler; Troll's Courtship by Louis MacNeice; In a Garden by Stephen Spender; A Letter to Nicholas Moore by G. S. Fraser; Love in the Asylum by Dylan Thomas; Ode Above Winchester by J. C. Hall; Ballad of the Ranting Lad by Henry Treece; To Edward Thomas by Alun Lewis; Churchillian Ode by J. F. Hendry; Hero by Laurence Durrell; Lines Written in an Air Raid by Francis Scarfe; ***Also poems by Vernon Watkins, Julian Symons, Tom Scott, D. S. Savage, Audrey Beecham, James A. Kirkup, Fred Marnau, Stephen Coates, Norman Nicholson, Peter Wells, Alan Hook, Nicholas Moore, Lynette Roberts, Clifford Dyment. ***Vol. 1. No. 6 - the sixth issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published in May 1941 during the early years of the Second World War, in nice collectable condition. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce in any condition, and this is a very clean copy, albeit creased at the top corner of the page block. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Henry Moore (Colour cover and two black and white wartime underground drawings) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol.2, No.7 - the seventh issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu, with a cover design by Henry Moore. ***'This issue of P. L. is dedicated to T. S. Eliot with respect and affection.' - as stated on the title page. Complete with the Henry Moore illustrations - colour cover illustration of The Lyre Bird, and black and white wartime London underground drawings. Four page centrefold: Group of Figures in Underground Shelter, 1941 - drawing by Henry Moore; Poem by Anne Ridler in facsimile handwriting; Two Figures sharing same green blanket; continuation of poem by Anne Ridler in facsimile handwriting. ***Very good in the original cream, black and red printed stapled card covers. Some marks to the covers commensurate with age and handling, but the covers are quite clean, with just some sporadic foxing. Small split to the covers at the base of the spine. Light creasing to the top corners of the first few pages. Staples rusted but less than usual. Internally also very good - pages clean with hardly any of the usual foxing. A few marks and light creases. No tears. The centre-spread of illustrations is printed on higher quality cartridge paper. Spine tight. ***64 pages (plus adverts on inside of covers) - the magazine was expanded with this issue from the original 36 page format. 248mm x 185mm. ***Contents: Edwin Allan: The Last Night, A Dream; George Barker: Cycle of Five Love Poems translated from the Montenegran; John Bayliss: Sonnet; Laurence Clark: On 48 Hours Leave, A Sociologist's Song, Nightfall by the Sea, July 13th, The Enemy, Parting by Water; Alex Comfort: Out of What Calms; Keith Douglas: Pas de Trois, Stars; Lawrence Durrell: Epidaurus; Gavin Ewart: For Whom the Bell Tolls; James Forsyth: Poem; W. S. Graham: Fourth Sonnet, The Third Journey, O Gentle Queen, Soon to be Distances; John Hall: Elegy on a Hill, Hours Like Tears; John Heath-Stubbs: Mozart; Sean Jennett: March, Raid, Aran, Sonnet; Francis King: On the Body of a Soldier; Emanuel Litvinoff: Epilogue to War; Norman Nicholson: Five Rivers; Kathleen Raine: Love-Poem, Chrysalis, To A. M., A Strange Evening; Keidrych Rhys: Sheep: Gwynfe; Anne Ridler: Poem, Epithalamion; Lynette Roberts: The New World, River Plate, Time Was; Alan Rook: Lager; Tom Scott: Poem for George Barker; Francis Scarfe: The Old Man of the Sea, Seventh Letter; Julian Symons: The Intellectuals; Henry Treece: Ballad, Walking at Night; Peter Wells: Poem in Time of Famine; David Wright: Libra, Poem for H; Points of View: T. S. Eliot 1. by George Orwell; 2. by Kathleen Raine; Cover by Henry Moore. ***Vol. 2. No. 7 - the seventh issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published during the Second World War. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***The wartime issues of Poetry (London) magazine are now quite scarce, and copies in such nice collectable condition are seldom seen. Issue No. 7 was the first of the series to have a full colour cover, and was also expanded from 36 to 64 pages, which was quite a challenge considering it was published under wartime restrictions. This issue was also the first to have a contents page, and the first to have full page illustrations. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Henry Moore (Front Cover), Ceri Richards (Three centrefold lithographs) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol. 3, No. 11 - September-October 1947 - the eleventh issue in the original series of the historic Poetry magazine, designed and edited by Tambimuttu - complete with three pages of colour lithographs by Ceri Richards - a centrefold double page colour lithograph, and two single page lithographs, inspired by and incorporating the Dylan Thomas poem "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower", plus a colour cover, with Lyre Bird design, by Henry Moore. ***Very good in the original thin colour-illustrated stapled card covers. The edges of the covers show some wear commensurate with age and handling and are slightly creased and rubbed, but the front cover illustration is bright and clean. The back cover is slightly discoloured marked and foxed at the edges (being a cream background). The bottom corner of the page block is slightly creased throughout. Staples rusted as usual. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions - just a small black contemporaneous bookseller's label to bottom of first page: 'G. R. Downing, Bookseller, Fore Street, St. Ives, C'. Pages sporadically lightly foxed. The top corner of the first few pages is lightly creased. No tears. Lower corners of most pages also lightly creased. The three pages of colour lithographs, including the centrefold, are bright and clean, and are printed on high grade cartridge paper, printed from the original stones by the Baynard Press, whereas the text of the magazine is on normal thick paper (not the thin postwar economy paper as used in comparative Issue No. 9). ***72 pages (plus PL adverts on inside of front cover, with facsimile of handwritten poem by Keith Douglas on inside of back cover). 246mm x 188mm. ***Contents: Keith Douglas: The Hand, John Anderson, Leukothea; Ronald Bottrall: Elegiacs; Bernard Spencer: Out of Sleep; Anne Ridler: Views of the North Coast; Patrick Evans: Christmas, Great Britain, 1941, Green Grass Growing; James Reeves: A Fairy Tale; Introspection; Lawrence Durrell: In the Garden of the Villa Cleobolus; Kathleen Raine: Absolution; George Barker: Memorial Inscription; Keidyrch Rhys: 48 Hours at Tenby; Rainer Maria Rilke: The Duinese Elegies: The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Elegy; Edith Sitwell: From a Canticle of the Rose: Hymn to Venus; George Scurfield: Song - The Bitter Mangoes; Hugh Gordon Porteus: The Oracles, Three Things; G. S. Fraser: The Death of My Grandmother, Song for Music; Pierre Jean Jouve: When Glory's Spring Returns, From Sueur De Sang; Stephen Coates: There was an Empty Place in the Grass; You are all Beautiful, who Fill my Terrible Dreams; John Heath-Stubbs: The Poetic Achievement of Charles Williams; Margaret Diggle: The Mathematics of the Soul. ***POINTS OF VIEW (Reviews): The Greek Anthology by Charles Williams; Auden up-to-date: by G. S. Fraser; The State of Modern Criticism by Nicholas Moore; Four Quartets (T. S. Eliot) by Hugh Gordon Porteus; Two American, One English by Julian Symons; A World Within a War by Kathleen Raine. Cover by Henry Moore. Lithographs by Ceri Richards. ***Vol. 3. No. 11 - the eleventh issue of the original first series of this renowned poetry magazine, edited by Tambimuttu, published in the early post-war period. Of interest to collectors of poetry first editions, and the publications of Poetry London. ***This is the first of the postwar issues of Poetry (London) magazine, published after a three year hiatus from 1944 to 1947. Issue 11 was the third of the series to include specially commissioned lithographs, and the first with expanded content of 72 pages. ***A scarce Poetry London first edition title, very hard to find intact with the original colour lithographs, which are often removed for framing. A very desirable issue. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.