LETTER FROM A FAR COUNTRY

First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed three times by the author. Original illustrated card covers. A very good copy, the binding square and bright with cracking between pp.18-19, a minor crease to the spine, and a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents with slight toning to the page edges are otherwise clean throughout and free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Signed by Clarke three times in black ink on the title page: "with best wishes / Gillian Clarke / Huddersfield 1985"; "& York! / Gillian xx / 9/10/00"; "& at Ty Newydd, October 2006 / Gillian". A lovely documentation of the relationship between the author and the recipient, the poet Pat Borthwick. Provenance: from the library of the poet Pat Borthwick.