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HUMPHRIES, Rolfe, 1894-1969 :

FORBID THY RAVENS : DIDACTIC AND LYRICAL POEMS.

New York & London : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition: the first issue, with the Scribner seal and letter A. A presentation copy, inscribed to the poet Stephen Spender, signed and dated (1947) by Rolfe Humphries. A collection of twenty-four poems. Crown 8vo. [xiv],50pp. Original black cloth, lettered down spine in gilt; slightly disfigured by some small adhesions from dust-jacket, label removed from front paste-down, but a good copy in the original blue, white and maroon dust-jacket - worn, chipped and slightly defective at head of spine.

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