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Three Cantos from To the Unborn - Greetings
Hugh Popham
1946
The Dropmore Press : London
9.5" by 7.5"
Unpaginated
SUMMARY
The scarce first edition of this Limited Edition collection of poetry from Hugh Popham, a Second World War pilot. In an attractive quarter vellum binding.
First Edition,Limited Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce,Signed
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
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Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
A scarce, signed, Limited Edition book of verse from English poet Hugh Popham.
Signed by Popham to the limitation page, this is no. 75 of eighty-one copies printed. Housed in a paper covered slip case.
Identified in his obituary as 'perhaps the only British poet of stature to reflect the experience of young flyers in the Second World War', Popham published a number of collections of poetry in the 1940s and 1950s, many reflecting on his experiences as a pilot.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding, with cloth covered boards. Discolouration to vellum, with boards clean and bright. Housed in a paper covered slip case, lacking the back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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