Days of '49 [Signed]

Alan Halsey & Gavin Selerie

ISBN 10: 0953150917 / ISBN 13: 9780953150915

Published by West House Books, Nether Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1999

About this Item

136pp. A collection of long and experimental poetry with illustrations by Alan Halsey and Gavin Selerie published on the occasion of their fiftieth birthdays. The book is dedicated to Renée & Muriel. Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. This copy is signed by both authors on the first title page to Renée - one of the co-dedicatees. Graphics in the book are designed by both authors. Black and white illustrations on front cover. Black lettering on white b/g to spine. Slightly dusty rear cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Appears unread.

Seller Inventory # 013841

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Days of '49 [Signed]
• Publisher: West House Books, Nether Edge, Sheffield, Yorkshire
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953150917
• ISBN 13: 9780953150915
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Poetry. DAYS OF '49 is an important new collaborative work from major UK poets Alan Halsey and Gavin Selerie. In 1949 the USSR exploded its first A-bomb, Ezra Pound won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, Samuel Beckett burnt his letters from James Joyce, Orson Welles appeared in THE THIRD MAN, and Halsey and Selerie were born. Here they celebrate their fiftieth birthdays. In DAYS OF '49 these two writers mingle history, autobiography, and poetic admixtures to produce this distinctly original document. Also available from SPD are Halsey's wonderful book THE TEXT OF SHELLEY'S DEATH as well as A ROBIN HOOD BOOK. Selerie's ELIZABETHAN OVERHANG and ROXY are also available.

From the Back Cover

In 1949 the USSR exploded its first A-bomb, Goree Carter sang Rock Awhile, Margaret Allen was hanged in Strangeways, Charlie Parker played at the Paris Jazz Fair, Ezra Pound won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, William Burroughs lived in Algiers Louisiana, Bette Davis starred in Beyond The Forest, the People's Republic of China was established, a foot X-ray first appeared in a movie, Attlee's government controlled the Bank of England and promoted coke as domestic boiler fuel, Sir Alfred Munnings and Giorgio de Chirico denounced modern art, Billy Butlin opened his super-camp on Grand Bahama, Malcolm Lowry returned to Dollarton, records were issued on longplaying microgroove, William Blake's Sea of Time and Space was discovered, Tank Engine Thomas Again appeared, Samuel Beckett burnt his letters from James Joyce, two-thirds of the world's gold was stored in Fort Knox, the pound was devalued, Paul Bowles published The Sheltering Sky and George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orson Welles appeared in The Third Man, the Broadcasting Committee opposed commercial radio and TV, Margaret Williams killed her husband, the first computer with a stored programme memory was developed at Cambridge, Michael Powell directed The Small Back Room, Ava Gardner sang Situation Wanted, the Hanover Gallery showed Francis Bacon's Heads I-VI, Cyril Connolly closed Horizon, Winston Churchill campaigned for a United States of Europe, Alfred Hitchcock directed Under Capricorn, Ingrid Bergman starred in Stromboli, King Zoser's tomb was excavated and Alan Halsey and Gavin Selerie were born. In Days of '49 they celebrate their fiftieth birthdays.