Wright David Geoffrey Hill (4 results)

Green Cloth Boards in Green Cl. Condition: Near Fine. 93pp. + colophon. No.12/250 copies of the limited edition; there were also 25 numbered in Roman numerals for private circulation. Minutely sunned at spine & rear fore edge of slip case. Patrick Swift (frontisportrait) (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Bonamy Dobrée. Fine in printed wrappers and modestly worn, very good or better dust jacket. Uncommon.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by C.H. Sisson. iv, 26pp. Plain wrappers with integral dust jacket. Fine in just about near fine dust jacket with spine and shoulders lightly toned and a bit of wear at the spine and folds. Warmly Inscribed to noted English poet Geoffrey Hill on the first page: "Geoffrey Hill with love from David W. / to commemorate his visit to Cumberland 12/May/76." A nice association. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Yellowed and separating tape reinforcements at the gutters which have darkened the spine and shoulders, tiny chip at the crown and some loss at the spine base, sound and about very good. Inscribed in the year before publication to noted English poet Geoffrey Hill: "Geoffrey Hill with love. David W. 57." Wright lost his hearing at age 7 after contracting scarlet fever; his 1969 autobiography was titled *Deafness: A Personal Account*. *The Daily Telegraph* called him "the foremost South African poet of his generation," and in 1980 the recipient of this book, Geoffrey Hill wrote: "It is a creative paradox that we owe to a deaf man some of the most striking images of sound in contemporary English poetry." A nice association.…