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Hard cover 12mo, in vellum. with border in blind, and crest and titles blocked in gold. Limited Edition: numbered 40/106 copies, Signed in ink by Author on Limitation page. front with the Clarendon (Oxford University) 88 pp. plus Notes. Appearing on the spine in gilt: NEW/VERSE/R.B. Frontispiece has a tissue- guarded, tipped-in, portrait of the poet. Colophon on verso of Title page: "Printed in England/ at the Oxford University Press/ by John Johnson/ Printer to the University." First edition. Features handmade paper with the watermark T H Saunders. **Condition: Very Good. Dusty top edge. Many pages uncut. Lacking dust jacket. Light soiling to edges of boards including one stain to upper left of front board. One scratch to fore edge of front board. Clean and bright pages.**This collection of verses by the British Poet Laureate was penned during his ultimate decade of life, while he was in his nineties.
Ref: POEMEW 8020
$70.00