Ruthven Todd, 4 titles, all signed & inscribed by him to Joh...

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Ruthven Todd, 4 titles, all signed & inscribed by him to John R.H. Yeoman, comprising: 'Over the Mountain', L, Falcon Press, 1946, new edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "John with all the best, Ruthven 1967 - 21 years after!", with postcard sized portrait of the author loosely inserted, this signed & inscribed verso "For John & Toni with love from Ruthven Jan 1969", original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'The geography of faces', Madrid/Palma de Mallorca, 1965, limited edition (14/50), numbered and signed & inscribed "for John Yeoman from Ruthven 28 de junio de 1966", orig. printed wraps, 'Garland for the Winter Solstice', L, Dent, 1961, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "for John & Toni from Ruthven Galilea 28 de junio de 1966", orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Lost Traveller', Grey Walls Press, 1944, 2nd impression, signed & inscribed to title page "for John - Ruthven Todd, Ruthven 1967", frontis by John Craxton, orig. cloth; plus David Gascoyne, 2 titles: 'Collected Poems', OUP, 1966, 1st reprint, signed & inscribed to FFEP "To John Yeoman, Affectionately, David Gascoyne. March 68.", orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Sun at Midnight', L, Enitharmon Press, 1970, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Yeoman on FFEP, orig. quarter cloth; plus Geoffrey Grigson: 'A Skull in Salop', 1967, 1st edition, and 'Collected Poems of Norman Cameron', L, Hogarth Press, 1957, 1st edition, each original cloth, dust wrappers. 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” (8)