SPENDER, STEPHEN. Twenty Poems. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [1930]. 12mo, original printed cream wrappers, uncut, covers soiled with a few light stains. FIRST EDITION, number 3 of 75 copies signed by Spender, of an edition of 135 -- SPENDER. Trial of a Judge. London, [1938]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Spender to Neil Gisson on the front free endpaper -- SPENDER. Citizens in War--And After. London, [1945]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION -- SPENDER. Nine Experiments. By S.H.S. [Cincinnati, 1964]. 8vo, cloth. Facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Spender on the front flyleaf -- SPENDER. The Generous Days. [London, 1971]. 8vo, boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION -- SPENDER. Recent Poems. [London, 1978]. 12mo, original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number of 292 of 400 copies signed by Spender. With an ALS from Frederick Alderson requesting Spender's permission to quote some stanzas for a book (initialled: "O.K. Stephen Spender" at top). Shropshire, 2 January 1967. One page, small 8vo; original mailing envelope, addressed by Spender. (6)

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SPENDER, STEPHEN. Twenty Poems. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [1930]. 12mo, original printed cream wrappers, uncut, covers soiled with a few light stains. FIRST EDITION, number 3 of 75 copies signed by Spender, of an edition of 135 -- SPENDER. Trial of a Judge. London, [1938]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Spender to Neil Gisson on the front free endpaper -- SPENDER. Citizens in War--And After. London, [1945]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION -- SPENDER. Nine Experiments. By S.H.S. [Cincinnati, 1964]. 8vo, cloth. Facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Spender on the front flyleaf -- SPENDER. The Generous Days. [London, 1971]. 8vo, boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION -- SPENDER. Recent Poems. [London, 1978]. 12mo, original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number of 292 of 400 copies signed by Spender. With an ALS from Frederick Alderson requesting Spender's permission to quote some stanzas for a book (initialled: "O.K. Stephen Spender" at top). Shropshire, 2 January 1967. One page, small 8vo; original mailing envelope, addressed by Spender. (6)

Lot Essay

[With:] SPENDER, STEPHEN. Autograph manuscript poem entitled "The Almond Tree in a Burned City." Np, nd. 30-lines of holograph verse in 4 stanzas. 1½ pages, 8vo. The poem begins: "In the burned courtyard, I see The almond tree flower, as though With the world's fall Destructive rage had set free The spirit of a fresco From a cloistered wall."

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