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First Edition (NAP). Once listed, this will be the Only copy for sale on the Internet. It is also signed and inscribed by the author. The impersonal inscription reads: 'A gift from the author, Leo Birch, June 1971.' You can see the maroon covers in the photos. They are in very nice shape. There's a thin bit of soiling down a little ways from the front top edge. The gilt lettering on the front and spine is nicely bright. The edges and corners are in solid shape. There's a little bit of white showing on the maroon on the two bottom edges, quite minor. The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The pages are exceptionally clean. I'm not finding any soiling. I'm not finding any conspicuous creasing, no turned-down corners or placeholder creases. There are no markings. No attachments. And the author's signed inscription is the only writing to be found anywhere in the book. The book was not strenuously proofread, at least the author's Foreword where he misspells 'taboos' and Bertrand Russell. Here is the last paragraph of the Foreword: I believe with Bertrand Russel that great art constructs an ideal world where everything is perfect and yet true. I believe with Paul Valéry that poetry is very distinct from prose in accordance with their divergent aims: of prose, to convey meaning, of poetry, to work enchantment.'
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