Bjarni : Spike-Helgi’s son, and other poems. (Presentation copy)

A$85 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Ashland, Mass. : Origin Press, 1956. (Printed in Matera, Italy, where the Origin Press owner, Cid Corman, was living at the time). First edition. Duodecimo, printed wrappers (a little sunned), a presentation copy, inscribed on the inside front wrapper To George [Johnston, Canadian poet], Worcester, April 2, 1957 and signed in full by the poet on the title page; [28] pp; a near fine copy. First edition of the Scottish expatriate poet Gael Turnbull s third book of poetry, drawing inspiration from the Icelandic sagas. Turnbull was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival of the 1960s and 1970s. Unrecorded in Australian collections.

• Binding: Hardcover

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