{"product_id":"poetry-london-x-tambimuttu-editor-1st-edition","title":"Poetry London X, Tambimuttu (Editor) — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Nicholson \u0026amp; Watson, 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 4to, pp. x, 264.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Good. The volume rests in its original beige cloth binding, which remains structurally sound but exhibits noticeable darkening, moderate soiling, and rubbing along the spine ends and board extremities. Internally, the text block is generally bright and tightly bound, though the endpapers bear pronounced rectangular browning and offsetting, likely the historic ghosting of an old protective wrapper. The original, unclipped dust jacket is in Poor condition; while the striking front panel artwork is largely retained, the wrapper suffers from heavy edge-wear, significant chipping to the spine, and a massive, V-shaped area of loss to the lower rear panel that heavily compromises the publisher's printed text. Despite these exterior flaws, the interior pages and vibrant lithographs remain crisp, clean, and entirely unaffected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Volume 2, Number 10 of the celebrated literary periodical, published in December 1944. This wartime issue is heavily prized for its striking visual contributions, most notably eight full-page drawings for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's \u003ci\u003eThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e by Mervyn Peake, and three original colour lithographs by Gerald Wildem, including a spectacular double-page spread illustrating T.S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eRhapsody on a Windy Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume also boasts an impressive roster of literary contributors, featuring poetry and prose by Henry Miller, Stevie Smith, Lawrence Durrell, R.S. Thomas, and a moving memorial letter for the war poet Keith Douglas. Copies of this edition retaining the famously fragile wartime dust jacket, designed by Gerald Wilde and Lyne Birch, are scarce on the open market, even when heavily worn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1939 by the influential Tamil poet and editor M.J. Tambimuttu, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e quickly established itself as a vital artery of the mid-twentieth-century British literary scene. This 1944 issue stands as a quintessential snapshot of late modernist and Neo-Romantic output during the Second World War. Uniting an eclectic array of established and emerging voices, it serves not only as a formidable literary anthology but as a visual triumph, pairing striking avant-garde art with profound poetic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54577263903059,"sku":"5062","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_195529.jpg?v=1786619085","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/poetry-london-x-tambimuttu-editor-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}