Description
Jarrell, Randall. Selected Poems. London: Faber & Faber, 1954. Proof Copy (First Edition). Card Wrappers. Very Good. 192pp. Publisher’s compliments slip laid in. Some text-block sections toned. Pale blue printed covers sunned and slightly worn at head & tail of spine. “Selected Poems Jarrell” in ink on spine as well as “12/6, Spring 1955” in faint pencil on front cover (although the date on the imprint is 1954 & the eventual publication date was actually 1956). This proof essentially reprints the US edition without its introduction & so differs in poem order & actual contents from what became the UK edition. Scarce.
My Daddies! 
The Speechless Act 
Words the Turtle Taught Me 
Rabbits Nap 
Spiritlands 
Get Out Of My Bath! 
Comic Poems 
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith 
Gold from the Stone