IN DOGGED LOYALTY: The Religion of Poetry: The Poetry of Religion.

First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by the author. Original illustrated card wrappers. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight with a minor crease to the top corner of the upper cover. The contents with a small mark to the fore-edge of the textblock are otherwise clean throughout and free from previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Signed and inscribed by Deane in black ink on the title page: "John F. Deane / September '06 / Signed in view of the lake / Orta: / with warm good wishes". Provenance: from the library of the multi-award winning poet Pat Borthwick.