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Nos. 1-23. 1939-1951 . All published.
Possibly the most exciting & attractive poetry magazine of the time.
(Contributions from Dylan Thomas, S Spender, W De La Mare, K Raine, E Muir,
L Durrell, E Sitwell, H Treece, L Whistler, A Lewis, K Douglas, S Keyes, R Todd,
S Spender, L MacNeice, C Williams, Wallace Stevens, E Sitwell, D Gascoyne,
H Read, R Campbell, G Orwell, G S Fraser, N Moore, J Kirkup, etc. )
Covers, illustrations & woodcuts in colour & black & white by H Moore, G Sutherland, D Welch, M Peake, etc.) Anthony Dickins, Co-editor of the first number, has signed the first number & James Kirkup has signed his poem in numbr 9. 22 Issues in original wraps. No 10 in boards as issued. The majority in very good condition save 2 which are a little frayed & the covers of number 1 is foxed. Profile of Tambimuttu by N Davies dated 30/10.79 laid in. £550.00

No 1. 1939. Signed by Anthony Dickins-co-editor of the first number. (Poems by L Whistler, De La Mare, R Heppenstall, C Dyment, J Gawsworth, L Clark, H Read, G Reavey, S Spender, L MacNeice, G Barker, G Ewart, K Rhys, L Durrell, J F Hendry, D S Savage, N Moore, Dylan Thomas, P O'Connor, etc.) Original wraps a little foxed. £25.00

No 2. 1939. (Poems by L Whistler, De La Mare, R Heppenstall, C Dyment, J Gawsworth, L Clark, H Read, G Reavey, S Spender, L MacNeice, G Barker, G Ewart, K Rhys, L Durrell, J F Hendry, D S Savage, N Moore, Dylan Thomas, P O'Connor, etc.) £30.00

No 4. 1941. (Poems by De La Mare, Dylan Thomas, D Gascoyne, G Ewart, G Scurfield, H Treece, G S Fraser, L Durrell, A Ridler, N Moore, H Read, etc.) £40.00

No 5. 1941. (Poets in Uniform Number :- S Spender, G S Fraser, A Rook, A Lewis, G Barker, J F Hendry, H Corby, G Scurfield, T Scott, J Waller, D Gascoyne, N Moore, L Durrell, P Eluard, H Read, etc.) Original wraps somewhat frayed. £40.00

No 6. 1941. (Dylan Thomas, H Treece, G S Fraser, N Nicholson, MacNeice, J C Hall, J Symons, V Watkins, L Durrell, A Rook, Spender, A Lewis, J Kirkup, L Roberts, F Scarfe, J F Hendry, N Moore, F Marnau, etc.) Covers a little dusty. £35.00

No 7. 1942. Issue dedicated to T S Eliot with essays on him by G Orwell & K Raine. (H Treece, G Barker, A Comfort, Litvinoff, Nicholson, K Rhys, A Rook, F Scarfe, J Heath-Stubbs, J Symons, K Douglas, L Durrell, G Ewart, W S Graham, etc.) Covers dust soiled. Contents very good. £15.00

No 8. 1942. (K Allott, L Clark, G S Fraser, J Heath-Stubbs, R Gittings, W S Graham, K Douglas, G Grigson, N Nicholson, S Jennett, S Keyes, P Ledward, E Litvinoff, F Marnau, F Scarfe, T Tiller, V Watkins, G Woodcock, K Raine.) Original wraps a little frayed. £15.00

No 9. 1943. (M Carpenter, H Corby, K Douglas, Wrey Gardner, K Drinan, A Lewis, P O'Connor, K Rhys, L MacNeice, N Moore, H Palmer, Pasternak, F T Prince, F Scarfe, Dylan Thomas, H Treece, J Waller, C Williams, Spender, A Comfort, K Raine, H Read, Kirkup, etc.) Lacks the lithographs by G Sutherland, full text otherwise. Original wraps frayed.£10.00

No 10. 1944. “New Poets Number”. A large number of the poems are War Poems and many of the contributors were serving members in the Forces. The new poets include R S Thomas, Stevie Smith, Alan Ross, M Linsay, C Lee, P Kavanagh, B Chamberlain, M Hamburger, H Miller, etc. A Prose section contains contributions by Tambimuttu, L Durrell, G S Fraser, N Moore , H MiIller, etc. Illustrations include a coloured lithograph by Gerald Wilde to Eliott's Rhapsody on a Windy Night & 8 full page drawings by Mervyn Peake for The Ancient Mariner. Dw by Gerald Wilde torn and frayed -the only hardback issue of Poetry London and containing some 265 pp. £45.00

No 12. 1947. Poems by K Douglas, K Raine, N Nicholson , R M Rilke, P O'Connor, P Neruda, I Fletcher, R Bottrall, B Spencer, G Barker, E Wilkins. Reviews by N Moore & J Heath-Stubbs. Covers slightly foxed but contents unaffected. £12.00

No 13. 1948. Poems by L MacNeice, S Coates, D Wright, F Scarfe, G S Fraser, L Durrell, W S Graham, G Ewart, K Douglas, R Todd, etc. D Gascoyne, G Barker, N Nicholson, F Scarfe, K P(R)aine, J Miro, H Moore, Y Tanguy, etc. G S Fraser on W Empson; etc.) Original wraps a litle frayed. £15.00

No 18. 1950. (Poems by G Barker, J Reeves, G Ewart, V Watkins, I Fletcher, E Morgan, etc. J Reeves on Spender. Criticism by G Every, K Muir & L Roberts.) £12.00

No 22. 1951. (Poems by H Read, D Wellesley, R Campbell, O Sitwell, V Watkins J Reeves, D Davie, N Nicholson, Harold Pinta[sic!], etc.) Original somewhat dusty & staples rusty. £12.00

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POETRY LONDON - NEW YORK. Edited by TAMBIMUTTU.
Nos 1-3. (Poems by Dylan Thomas, D Fitts, J J Keith, S Spender, R Todd, A Ridler, R Selig, C Day Lewis, E Jennings, N Moore, C Madge, T Roethke, L Durrell, B Deutsch, etc. with appreciations of Thomas by L Durrell & R Campbell & a review by Tambimuttu,the Editor, of Brinnin's "Dylan Thomas in America." Other contributors include De La Mare, Campbell , Auden, Ridler, Garrigue, Eberhart, Empson, Spender, Barker, Graves , Cummings, etc.) £60.00
No 1. 1956. Contain two poems by Dylan Thomas with appreciations of Thomas by L Durrell & R Campbell & a review by Tambimuttu,the Editor, of Brinnin's "Dylan Thomas in America." Other contributors include De La Mare, Campbell , Auden, Ridler, Garrigue, Eberhart, Empson, Spender, Barker, Graves , Cummings, etc. Original printed publisher's wraps in excellent condition. £15.00
No 3. 1957. (Poems by D Fitts, J J Keith, S Spender, R Todd, A Ridler, R Selig, C Day Lewis, E Jennings, N Moore, C Madge, T Roethke, L Durrell, B Deutsch, etc. Horace Gregory 6pp by J T Farrell. H Carruth on Mysticism & Particularity. M Hamburger on Syntheis & Syntax. G S Fraer-London Letter-4pp.etc.)
Original printed publisher's wraps in excellent condition. £15.00

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POETRY LONDON/APPLE MAGAZINE.
Ed TAMBIMUTTU. V.1/1-2. 1979 & 1982 .
POETRY LONDON/APPLE MAGAZINE. Ed. TAMBIMUTTU.
V1/1 & 2. 1979 & 1982. (Poems by Iris Murdoch-5 poems, G Barker, E Catsillo, B Chakraborty, R Eberhart, G S Fraser, R Fried, J Heath Stubbs, E Jennings, G Lindop, C Logue, N Moore, B Patten, P Porter, K Raine, P Riley, J Reed, F Scrafe, I Sinclair, C H Sisson, S Spender, D Sweetman, R S Thomas, H Williams, H Michaux, T Pickard, M Sweeney, A Ginsberg, T Blacburn, A Brownjohn, G Durrell, R Eberhart, G Ewart, T Hughes, Lorca, P O'Connor, B Patten, P Potts, C Raine, A Ridler, P Scupham, J Supervielle, J Wain, B Dylan, E MacColl, F Scarfe, H Henderson, N Moore, etc.etc. P Levi writes about L Durrell; D Gascoyne-Gascoyne's Choice; L Durrell - From the Elephant's Back; article on Tokeshi with L Durrell's Apple Grammar illustrated in colour by B Shaw Lawrence: William Burroughs: Deconstruction of the countdown - A Space Age Mythology'-‘Theatre of All Possibilities; Reviews by P Scupham, A Stevenson, J Heath-Stubbs. Folded illustration by J Piper & cover of no.2. 2 issues in original wraps, all published, in excellent condition, complete with loosely inserted record disks featuring A Ginsberg & R Williamson & double page spread of G Sutherland's guoache for D Gascoyne's "Inferno". £70.00

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