The Green Desert

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Webb, Harri. The Green Desert. Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer, 1969. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good. 74pp. The inside blurb quotes Raymond Garlick saying “Webb is “the only poet of any real authority” in recent Anglo-Welsh poetry. Tipped in at the rear is an a.l.s. to Garlick “to express gratitude not unmixed with envy” on the broadcasting on the radio of Garlick’s poem; Acclamation. ” Poetry is no longer (if it ever was) merely a matter of putting the best words in the best order, but of saying the right things at the right time, even if it sometimes feels one is saying them to the wrong people!” Programme for Webb’s memorial at which Garlick read laid in. Garlick’s signature & orange sticker on ffep. Dust jacket rubbed, creased & lightly chipped. Whiff of tobacco.