The Collected Poems of Keith Douglas by Keith Douglas, & John Waller and G. S. Fraser (eds.) - 1951

New York: Chilmark Press, 1966 Unclipped But Crossed Out Dust Jacket Tiny Tear Top Back, Tiny Damp Stain Spine Bottom. B/W Frontis Photograph Of Dougals. Index Of First Lines. 164 Pgs. Rare Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Editions Poetry London., 1951. First edition. pp xxii, 151. Two-page Editors' Preface. Reproductions of two ''airgraph'' poems by the author, the author's holograph manuscript of his last finished poem and his own cover design for his first projected collection. Dedicatory poem, Biographical Note and fifteen pages of notes at the rear by John Waller. Six full-page black and white illustrations.From the library of the poet Dannie Abse with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper.Free endpapers faintly tanned. Head and tail of spine a bit darkened. Very good indeed in the remains of the dustwrapper (the spine panel is missing).

London: Editions Poetry London. 1951. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author and five further plates. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and bright. Offsetting and spotting to the half title and occasional light spotting to some pages within; the contents, however, are predominantly clean and bright and without inscriptions or stamps. The uniformly toned and lightly spotted dustwrapper is nicked and rubbed to edges and extremities, notably to the upper edges, which show a few small patches of loss (most noticeably to the top of the spine). Four small tape repairs to the verso. The front flap has been neatly price-clipped. Overall, a very presentable copy. This was the first collected edition of Douglas' poems to be issued following his untimely death in 1944, edited by two friends of the poet. The poems are printed,… Read More