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First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by the author. Original illustrated card wrappers. A very good copy, the binding tight, the contents with a few small splash marks to the bottom edge of the textblock and a small dot to the fore-edge are otherwise clean throughout and free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Signed and inscribed by Forde in black ink to the title page: "For Pat, / remembering that wonderful / week at Totleigh, and / with every best wish for your / own flourishing poetry, / Jane xx / Lambeth / 20.vi.09". Provenance: from the library of the multi-award winning poet Pat Borthwick.