The Ermine: Poems 1942-1952.

PITTER, Ruth (1897-1992).

London: The Cresset Press, 1953. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[6] 62. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey dust-jacket illustrated by Joan Hassall, priced at 8/6. A lovely crisp fine copy, with a little light handling to jacket. A dark cycle of poems in which Pitter confronts her mortality. Winner of the William Heinemann Award, 1954, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 1955. Item #58406

Price: £35.00