Tiger Books

spine bumped, portrait frontispiece, a nice copy in chipped dustjacket with closed tears. loosely inserted is a an autograph letter signed, addressed 'Norton Manor,/ Malmesbury,/ Wilts.' Dated 27.10.56: 'Dear Mr Disspain,/ How very kind of you to/ write & tell me that you have/ enjoyed reading "Green Shadows"!/ Thank you so much. Of course/ I will gladly sign your copy/ for you./ The credit for re-introducing/ Clare to the public belongs to Edmund/ Blunden &, thanks to him, I think/ many people read him now./ He was a wonderful pastoral poet/ & a better naturalist, I think, than/ any other poet in English literature./ I have had so much pleasure from/ his poetry & if I have been the/ means of introducing him to a/ few other people I am very happy./ One seldom knows these things, so/ I am especially grateful to you/ for telling me./ Yours sincerely/ June Wilson.'; signed by the author front free endpaper; first edition; 271 pages including index