Barbara, Martyr and Saint. / Reserved Unto Fire

HOFFMAN, John ~(Ruth Pitter)

Verlag: Guild Pr, Driffield, 1959

Beschreibung

~With 12 page typescript of another poem "Reserved Unto Fire", apparently never published. Front endpage inscribed: "For Ruth Pitter, with best wishes, From John Hoffman". Bookplate stating: "From the Library of RUTH PITTER, 1897-1992". With loose card handwritten & initialled by author: "Thank you for your comments on Reserved unto Fire which I hope to publish later in the year. In the meantime, please will you accept this gift of Barbara, Martyr and Saint, first published, together with my best wishes, J. H.". Red & black titlepage. Dustwrapper faded on spine but unclipped & protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Top edges slightly foxed. Ruth Pitter (1897 1992), craftswoman and celebrated poet. Pitter was a friend of Hilaire Belloc (who financed her first publications) and C. S. Lewis; in 1955, she became the first woman to receive the queen's gold medal for poetry. John Hoffman founded The Poetry Guild, which he described as a 'fellowship of men and women whose lives and talents are dedicated, sensitively, sacramentally and humbly, to the apprehension and to the expression of the Greater Spirit', in 1951, and published poets including Vernon Scannell and Hugh Creighton Hill though its associated imprint, The Guild Press.Several volumes of Hoffman's own poetry, all with a Catholic devotional emphasis, were published through the 1940s and 1950s. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: 45pp., illus. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GG3008

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Barbara, Martyr and Saint. / Reserved Unto ...

Verlag: Guild Pr, Driffield

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author

Auflage: 1st edn.

Art des Buches: Binding tight, text unmarked