The Berkshire Kennet: [a poem]

Richard ALDINGTON

Published by Hurst: Peacocks Press, 1955

About this Item

Single sheet, folded. First page slightly marked, and with a tiny nick at one edge. This copy, a proof perhaps (or a later printing?), without the usual limitation statement, "Printed in an edition of 310 copies [by Alan Anderson at the Tragara Press], by kind permission of the author and Sir Stanley Unwin, for distribution to selected customers and friends by G.F. Sims (Rare Books)", and with the author's name at the foot rather than the head of the poem. Richard Aldington (1892 1962) was always a favourite of George Sims, proprietor of the Peacocks Press, who enjoyed visiting him at his house in Montpellier. "And all the river's way is lined / With broad reeds rustling in the wind, / And flowers that bend as if they gave / Farewells to every passing wave / Tall meadow-sweet spreads out as stiff / As Queen Anne's pocket handkerchief . . .". Seller Inventory # 32M100006

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Berkshire Kennet: [a poem]

Publisher: Hurst: Peacocks Press

Publication Date: 1955

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good