A Winter Talent and other poems by Donald Davie - 1957

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Book is in crisp and clean condition. Jacket price clipped, and spine slightly darkened with age, but very good. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1957.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 53 pages. Yellow dust jacket over yellow cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning and foxing to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Mild foxing overall.

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1957. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. No jacket. .

Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Routledge & Kegan Paul Lacking DJ. Spine lightly sunned. Boards have a touch of soiling and bumped top front corner. Warmly inscribed by author on front end paper "To my first discerning reviewer," dated 1957. Owner's name. Small Oxford bookseller's stamp on front pastedown.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pale yellow paper covered boards, lettered in black. vii,53 pp. Essentially without wear, but showing light foxing on upper front cover and portions of back cover. Former owner's signature/date on front flyleaf. Dust jacket slightly soiled with minor nick along top front edge, now in mylar..

Routledge, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit marked and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound. Some foxing and a signature.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1957.. First edition of his second collection. 8vo. Printed boards. vii + 53 pp. Fine, but lacking its jacket.

Routlege and Keegan. Good/No Jacket. 1957. Spine Lean. Hard Cover. Ex-Library (A1413) .

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. vii, 53 pp. Review copy with publisher's slip loosely inserted. Signed inscription by Davie to the poet Robin Skelton. Corners bumped, spine slightly cocked; dustjacket is edgeworn with a few chips, darkened at spine and flap hinges and with a small stain on rear panel. Still a tight, nice copy of the author's second book of verse.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 53pp. Paper-covered boards. A virtually fine copy in dust wrapper, price-clipped and lightly tanned and chafed at spine panel. Laid-in is an invitation card from Donald Davie inviting Dr. George Watson to an event at St. Catherine's College Cambridge, and also a three-page offprint from Universities Quarterly showcasing three David poems, inscribed "For George [Watson] from Donald [Davie]". A front free endpaper inscription by an unknown hand reads: "To Mike [i.e. Michael Loftus], January 1976, love from Sue", and the front pastedown exhibits the recipient's bookplate. Donald Davie, Michael Loftus and George Watson were all pre- and post-war Cambridge friends. Thirty-seven poems, the author's second full-length collection. Wright A5..