Title: Fighting Terms Author: Gunn, Thom Place: [Eynsham, Oxfordshire] Publisher: Fantasy Press Date: [1954] Description: (12mo), yellow cloth printed in red. One of 305 copies. First Edition, Second State. Inscribed by Gunn on the front free endpaper: "For Allan Covici from Thom Gunn, "Market at Turk"... 1960." First edition of Gunn's first published work, preceded by a single pamphlet. Second state, with "though" corrected to "thought" on p. 38. Eight lines of the poem "Round and Round" on P. 20 are entirely written in the author's holograph. The word "which" is inserted by the author's had on p. 36 as well. A unique copy of the poet's first book. Lot Amendments Condition: Light soiling to cloth; toning to endpapers; about near fine. Item number: 288820
Title: Fighting Terms Author: Gunn, Thom Place: [Eynsham, Oxfordshire] Publisher: Fantasy Press Date: [1954] Description: (12mo), yellow cloth printed in red. One of 305 copies. First Edition, Second State. Inscribed by Gunn on the front free endpaper: "For Allan Covici from Thom Gunn, "Market at Turk"... 1960." First edition of Gunn's first published work, preceded by a single pamphlet. Second state, with "though" corrected to "thought" on p. 38. Eight lines of the poem "Round and Round" on P. 20 are entirely written in the author's holograph. The word "which" is inserted by the author's had on p. 36 as well. A unique copy of the poet's first book. Lot Amendments Condition: Light soiling to cloth; toning to endpapers; about near fine. Item number: 288820
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