Some Cadences: poems written in 1945 by George Sims

George SIMS

Published by [Edinburgh]: printed by Alan Anderson, 1960

About this Item

Curwen Press patterned wrappers. Spine slightly rubbed. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies; printed by Alan Anderson [at the Tragara Press]. Loosely inserted the (Alan Anderson) printed compliments card of G.F. Sims (Rare Books). George Frederick Robert Sims (1923-1999), sometime poet and crime writer, set up in business as a second-hand bookseller in 1947. He was the Tragara Press's "first customer" and Alan Anderson's closest friend in the book trade. "Wind's littoral work is / To make beds uneasy / To counterfeit dreams and / To disturb them coldly, / Hold us where we know not. / Tide's trick is to present / Irons and bewilder, / Uncovering scars and / Washing them. (The absent / Swellstrength with dignity / Lifts distant heads that are / Not to be recognised). / What is this lost object? / A fish head, immobile / Clown face refusing its / Death story. What are these, / Its pillow straws? Golden / [L]ong hairs from a man's ear . . .". Seller Inventory # 32M100436

Bibliographic Details

Title: Some Cadences: poems written in 1945 by ...

Publisher: [Edinburgh]: printed by Alan Anderson

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition