A Dancer to God - Tributes to T.S. Eliot.
by HUGHES, Ted
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- first
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, London., 1992. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 54. "The Truly Great", "The Song of Songs in the Valley of Bones" and "A Dancer to God", with Notes. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. The inscription includes a 10-line verse: "For Dorothy and Ben with love from Ted - 28 August 1992 - As forests decay / To plains or coals - / Writers decay / To Words or souls, / Who cares how / Cry the monkeys / Oh the bough. / Who cares which / While the scratch / Can find the itch." The recipients are Ben Sonnenberg and his wife, the former being the founder of the literary magazine Grand Street and a friend of Ted Hughes since the early sixties.Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HUGHESTE005328
- Title
- A Dancer to God - Tributes to T.S. Eliot.
- Author
- HUGHES, Ted
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber, London.
- Date Published
- 1992
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