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Poems.
Robertson, [Charles] Martin.
n. p.: n. d. [late 1940s], Self Published.
First thus. unpaginated [78 pp.]. Softcover. 8vo, 21 x 13,5 cm.
[Literature - British ]
[Poems]
Apparently a self published typescript, just post WWII, stapled in plain grey wraps without any titles. With handwritten change of numbers for a different sequence of poems. Some numbers are stroked out and replaced with different Roman numerals. The booklet contains some poems included, some omitted for the only book-published volume HOT BATH AT BEDTIME: POEMS, 1933-1977. Content: The Party. the Lilies of the Field. Place. The Embankment. May Day. Inscription for a Convent. Les Presages. Nijinsky. That Way Madness Lies. Dregs. To P. London Black-Out London Autumn 1939 [a long poem]. Sally Gilmour. The Twenties. Prayer to Truth.
Prev. owner's personal Exlibris Julyan Napier inside cover. Few pages have a faint hint of foxing, the last 2 pages more obvious. The cover is lightly worn with partial fading.

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