Description
Mitchell, Adrian. Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Qtr Cloth & Paper Covered Bds. Very Good. 61pp. First full collection. Laid in are two letters from Mitchell; one typed & the other handwritten, signed as Adrian, for Ann (wife of Anthony) Thwaite, regarding the use of two Mitchell poems for the first of her Allsorts children’s anthologies. Both letters are very much about the poems & their performance. Anthony Thwaite ownership signature as ‘Thwaite’ is on the ffep. Top edge of text block dusty. Very lightly worn dust jacket foxed on its inside surface so this is unnoticed till removed.
Confessional Sonnets 
Gold from the Stone 
Being Alive 
This Is Yarrow 
A Quarter of an Hour 
101 Poems About Childhood 
Days of Grace 
The Art of Scratching 
Strong in the Rain