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KINGSLEY AMIS : A Case of Samples. Poems 1946-1956

Gollancz, London, 1956

First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 72pp. Black boards letter in gold at the spine and upper board. Covers very slightly spotted, with the spine lettering partially defective. Some browning to the half-title. A good, sound copy. Name of former owner neatly inked to the front endpaper. No jacket. Forty-five poems, a generous selection of his early verse including a number from his debut collection 'Bright November' (1947), much of his second collection 'A Frame of Mind' (1953), all six poems from his 1954 Fantasy Press collection, and many others hitherto unprinted in bookform.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

1st Edition

KINGSLEY AMIS : A Case of Samples. Poems 1946-1956

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1956

First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 72pp. Black cloth letter in gold at the spine and upper board. The spine lettering just fractionally dulled. Former owner name and date (that of the late actor Robert Demeger) neatly inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A virtually fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel and with several tiny millimetres of loss to the spine panel ends. Forty-five poems, a generous selection of his early verse including a number from his debut collection 'Bright November' (1947), much of his second collection 'A Frame of Mind' (1953), all six poems from his 1954 Fantasy Press collection, and many others hitherto unprinted in bookform.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition

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