Shell

Senior, Olive

Published by Toronto Insomniac Press 2007, 2007

About this Item

First edition. 100 pages. Inscribed by Senior to the title page: "Dear Rosemary May you have no shell-less creatures in your garden. O." and additionally signed above her name. The recipient was Rosemary Goad, who had a long literary career at Faber & Faber, eventually becoming a director in 1970. The book is firmly bound in the original soft illustrated covers, which are slightly rubbed, marked and creased. The text block is age toned, slightly foxed and marked. A collection of poems published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade, described by Senior in the Author's note to the rear as: "sprouting from the sugar cane fields on islands drenched in blood, the former British West Indies.". Seller Inventory # 5970

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shell

Publisher: Toronto Insomniac Press 2007

Publication Date: 2007

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition