Description
Turnbull, Gael. A Word. Malvern: published by the author, 1968. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good. (8pp.) written & printed on rectos only of 8 sheets. Above the printed title Turnbull has written ‘for her’ & below it ‘and other words’. Above each 2 line poem (5 to a page) he has written ‘for you’ On the colophon he has written for fellow British Poetry Revival, poet, Peter Armstrong; ‘to Pete, late autumn greetings 28 Oct 68, Gael’. The printed text reads ‘of an indeterminate number of which it is most unlikely that any two will be identical this copy was put together on – at the pleasure of its maker – at Stifford’s Bridge, near Malvern’. Plain unprinted card covers slightly soiled & handled.
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