An Exaltation of Skylarks in Prose and Poetry (Signed first edition)

Signed by the compiler, Stewart Beer

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Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 15cm, 227pp.

Inscribed and dedicated by Stewart Beer to the ffep (the recipients were Douglas and Jean [MacEwan] who published some of Stewart's other books)

Spanning twenty-three centuries, this is a delightful anthology of prose and poetry about the skylark, from Theocritus' pastoral poem through to stark warnings of the birds' declining numbers in the twentieth century. Also included are John Milton, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Blake, John Clare, Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte, Siegfried Sassoon, W H Davies and many more.

Condition

The book is in very good condition, the dustwrapper has light edgewear but is otherwise very good.

ISBN

0951261975