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Flowers and Trees [Fair Copy Transcription of Six Poems in the hand of Edmund Blunden]
by Clare, John
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- Condition
- Generally fine (some wear to margins of typed leaves)
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[N.p., England, 1920. Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to. Generally fine (some wear to margins of typed leaves). Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to. Poet Edmund Blunden's holograph transcription of poems by John Clare, including The Destroyer, Obscurity, The Primrose Bank, Langley Bush, The Early Daisy, Violet and Daisy; and in typescript, The Ragwort and Flowers. The first leaves of the holograph poems show typesetting marks.
Blunden was very keen on Clare in the early 1920s (writing on the "Manuscripts of John Clare" in the London Mercury in July 1920) and into the 1930s; he edited several works by Clare. Provenance: George F. Sims; Carol Z. Rothkopf
Blunden was very keen on Clare in the early 1920s (writing on the "Manuscripts of John Clare" in the London Mercury in July 1920) and into the 1930s; he edited several works by Clare. Provenance: George F. Sims; Carol Z. Rothkopf
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- 367134
- Title
- Flowers and Trees [Fair Copy Transcription of Six Poems in the hand of Edmund Blunden]
- Author
- Clare, John
- Format/Binding
- Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Generally fine (some wear to margins of typed leaves)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [N.p., England
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- British
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- Literature;
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