{"product_id":"the-loosening-and-other-poems-ronald-bottrall-1st-edition","title":"The Loosening and Other Poems, Ronald Bottrall — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"61\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: Cambridge, Gordon Fraser at The Minority Press, 1931\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"127\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. [vi], 53.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"158\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine; Very Good dust jacket. The publisher's blue textured boards are remarkably well-preserved, remaining entirely bright and free of significant edge-wear, rubbing, or corner bumping, with the black cover lettering and vignette remaining perfectly crisp. The binding is tight and square, opening smoothly without any strain to the hinges. Internally, the text block is exceptionally clean and free of foxing, with the untrimmed fore-edges retaining their original rustic profile and the pages showing only the faintest whisper of age-toning to the extreme margins. The exceptionally fragile, semi-translucent printed tissue dust jacket has miraculously survived; it exhibits only mild age-toning and a few minuscule chips and closed tears to the delicate extremities and spine ends, having been admirably protected over the decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first edition of Ronald Bottrall's debut book. The volume is notably enhanced by a striking modernist architectural cover design by the prominent architect and designer Raymond McGrath, which is printed directly onto the semi-translucent tissue wrapper and echoed on the boards beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eWhile standard copies of this work occasionally surface on the open market, they are almost universally encountered 'naked' without their protective wrappers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThis copy is made exceptionally desirable by the retention of its original printed glassine-style dust jacket, an ephemeral and fragile piece of 1930s book design that rarely survives intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eA cornerstone of early 1930s Cambridge modernism, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"57\"\u003eThe Loosening and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e marks the ambitious debut of Cornish poet Ronald Bottrall. Deeply engaged with the stylistic innovations of Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, Bottrall's verse caught the attention of leading contemporary critics, most notably F.R. Leavis, who lauded his sharp intellectual vigour and fresh poetic voice. The collection captures a generation's post-war anxieties and aesthetic shifts, standing as a vital and enduring document of interwar British poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55422191370579,"sku":"6218","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261012_154134.jpg?v=1792145278","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-loosening-and-other-poems-ronald-bottrall-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}