Description
Stokes, Martin. The First Death of Venice. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Bloodaxe, 1987. First Edition. Card Wrappers. Fine. 80pp. Stokes has inscribed the title page for Anthony Thwaite using his full signature. Also laid in is a short signed letter mentioning the Arvon course which Thwaite had taught him during which they had worked together on two of the poems eventually published in this collection. One of which appears to be Elegy for my Sister which is preceded by 4 lines from a Thwaite poem.
Counting Backwards 
States of Happiness 
Peace Poems and meditations on peace 
Words the Turtle Taught Me 
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus 
The Lover's Pinch 
Carnac (Bloodaxe Contemporary French Poets) 
Steep Tea 
Being Alive