LOT OF FOUR BOOKS BY DOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE

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R1,500 - R2,000

LOT OF FOUR BOOKS BY DOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE

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1. A Littoral Zone (Inscribed by author to fellow poet Stephen Gray) Cape Town: The Carrefour Press, 1991. 8vo. 63pp.
2. A Rosary of Bone (Inscribed by author to fellow poet Stephen Gray) Cape Town: David Philip, 1975. 8vo. 28pp.
3. Eyes Closed Against the Sun (With author's long dedication to Stephen Gray, giving him permission to read the poems in public, and absolving him of any copyright issues). London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 8vo. 43pp.
4. The Sea My Winding Sheet and Other Poems (Copy of SA poet and novelist Stephen Gray, with loosely inserted programme of a reading of Livingstone's poems). Publisher and date of publication not indicated. 8vo. 57pp.

*Location: Johannesburg branch

Overall condition: Very good. Light creasing to a few pages of 'A Littoral Zone'. 'Eyes Closed Agains the Sun' has some creasing and rubbing to covers, underling in pen to text, and small chips and bumps to top edges of pp. 1-26. 'The Sea my Winding Sheet' has slight edgewear to covers and spine. Previous bookseller's label to inside of front cover, some yellowing to inside of front cover and front flyleaf. Previous owner's signaturee and newpaper clipping tipped in on front flyleaf. Some underlining to text. Loosely inserted programme has creasing to covers and pages from top to bottom edges. All 4 books are still well bound.