PITTER, Ruth

The Spirit Watches; Poems by Ruth Pitter

London: The Cresset Press, [1939]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 59, (1). Full yellow cloth with label stamped on spine. Old bookseller's tag on rear pastedown (Hartman's Books, Seattle). A Fine copy in a dust jacket that, but for being price clipped, would also be Fine. Fine / Very Good+. Item #1684

A superb copy. The sixth collection of poems published by the British poet, and the third Pitter collection published by the Cresset Press. Her previous effort,

A Trophy of Arms

, won the Hawthornden Prize. Dust jacket is now protected by a clear, removable archival cover.

Price: $40.00