Jill Balcon - The Pity of War, Shepheard-Walwyn, 1985, First Edition, Signed, Letters

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Jill Balcon - The Pity of War, Shepheard-Walwyn, 1985, First Edition, Signed

Poems of the First World War.

Inscribed by Jill Balcon to the daughter of poet Edward Thomas: 'For dearest Myfanwy who knows it all... with much love from Jill, Westminster Abbey, November 11th 1985'

With letter from Michael Howard (MP) to Miss Thomas, 23 November 1985, and cutting of his address praising the poets of the Great War at the Abbey on 11 November             ( printed in the London Review of Books, 19 November 1985) loosely inserted.

Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.   Bumped spine ends.  Foxing to page edges.  Cream leaves.  Text firm and clean.  Tanning to dust jacket with slight bumps to edges.  

Weight     370g.     Pages     68.