Poetry
60 signed or inscribed copies of works by various 20th- and 21st-century poets
£504
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Including: Stephen Spender, Selected Poems, 1964, first US edition, inscribed ‘To Margot, with love and thanks, Stephen and Natasha’, the recipient identified in a pencilled note as Margot Heinemann; Simon Armitage, 13 works, all signed; Carol Ann Duffy, 7 works including The World's Wife, all signed; and 45 others including Daljit Nalgra, John Burnside, David Harsent, George Szirtes, Ruth Padel, Norman MacCaig, and others, all signed or inscribed;
Together with 4 works illustrated by Anthony Browne (1946-), each with a signed original pen-and-ink drawing of a gorilla or a chimpanzee (King Kong, 1993; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1988; Little Beauty, 2008; Willy and Hugh, 1991); and 7 works by Raymond Briggs including first editions of Fungus the Bogeyman, The Snowman and When the Wind Blows (approximately 70)