A collection of 50 circa mid 20th Century works of poetry, m...

Hammer

£150

A collection of 50 circa mid 20th Century works of poetry, mainly 1st editions, including Patrick Kavanagh: 'The Great Hunger', London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1966, orig. printed wraps, plus 1 other Patrick Kavanagh; Jon Silkin: 'The Peaceable Kingdom', L, C & W, 1954, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; George Seferis: 'The King of Asine', L, John Lehmann, 1948, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (with part loss); William Empson: 'The Gathering Storm', Faber, 1940, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt. Scarce; Richard Murphy: 'Sailing to an Island', Faber, 1963, 3rd impression, signed & inscribed by author to John Yeoman, orig. cloth, d/w; William McLeod Rivera: 'The End of Legend's String', Views Associates, 1960, signed and inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP and with TLS to him loosely inserted, original quarter cloth gilt; plus others Cecila Day Lewis (2), R.S. Thomas (2), Edwin Muir (3), Charles Causley (2); Roy Fuller (4), John Fuller (2), Edward Thomas, Dannie Abse, Julian Symons, W.R. Rodgers, Keidrych Rhys etc etc. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (50)