Collected Poems. 1945–1990.

First edition. 8vo. Pp. xii, 548. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in silver to spine. Issued concurrently with the limited edition of 250 signed copies.

Stephen Spender's own copy with his copious annotations at the book's rear.

Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. A collection of R.S. Thomas's poetry, published to mark his 80th birthday. Recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964. A perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize, Thomas was awarded the prestigious Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature in 1996.

Former Poet Laureate Stephen Spender's unpublished intimate musings on Wales's greatest poet. "This is the book I've been waiting for." –Ted Hughes