New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xxxviii + 312pp. Black cloth over green paper covered boards with titles in gilt on spine. Some tanning to edges of text block and edges of boards; light pen markings to 2 pages (one sentence lightly underlined, and one paragraph noted on the side), else Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has tanning, a touch of soiling to back panel, and chipping at head of spine. Includes poems by Dylan Thomas, Denise Levertov, Lawrence Durrell, Stephen Spender, Hugh McDiarmid, Jean Rhys, Kathleen Raine, C. Day Lewis, et al.

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Bookseller: Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005501143
Title: The New British Poets: An Anthology
Author: Rexroth, Kenneth (Editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1948
Keywords: Poetry, British Poetry, , , , , , ,

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