SPENDER, Stephen. Poems of Dedication, London: Faber & Faber, 1947, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, the front free endpaper inscribed: "To John Haywood, with affection and gratitude to the perfect critic, from Stephen Spender for 1947," hand-made paper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (spine browned and chipped), with a two-page autograph letter inserted; Returning to Vienna 1947, [n.p.]: Banyan Press, 1947, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, number 35 of 150 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, the front free endpaper further inscribed: "To John, with love from Stephen Christmas 1947," original printed wrappers, with a one-page autograph letter inserted; Inscriptions, London: Poetry Book Society, 1958, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, the title inscribed: "To John, with love from Stephen and Natasha Christmas 1958," original printed wrappers. (3)

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SPENDER, Stephen. Poems of Dedication, London: Faber & Faber, 1947, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, the front free endpaper inscribed: "To John Haywood, with affection and gratitude to the perfect critic, from Stephen Spender for 1947," hand-made paper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (spine browned and chipped), with a two-page autograph letter inserted; Returning to Vienna 1947, [n.p.]: Banyan Press, 1947, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, number 35 of 150 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, the front free endpaper further inscribed: "To John, with love from Stephen Christmas 1947," original printed wrappers, with a one-page autograph letter inserted; Inscriptions, London: Poetry Book Society, 1958, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWOOD, the title inscribed: "To John, with love from Stephen and Natasha Christmas 1958," original printed wrappers. (3)

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