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London : Fortune Press, [1939]. First edition. His first book - a collection of thirty-eight poems.
Crown 8vo. (54),[ii]pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth, lettered up spine in gilt; just a touch sunned; very mild spotting of endpapers, but a very good copy in the pale lilac dust-jacket, printed in red - sunned at spine and seemingly in second state, price-clipped by the publisher and with a 6/- price over-sticker on the unclipped portion of the flap. D'Arch Smith 185.

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London : Keepsake Press, (1964). First edition : limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by Gavin Ewart below the limitation statement. Eleven poems, with five linocut illustrations in green by Warwick Hutton.
Foolscap 4to. [16]pp. Illustrations. Original plain white stiff wraps; just a hint of tanning, but a very good copy in the blue dust-jacket, lettered and decorated with a Warwick Hutton design in orange on upper cover. Lewis 19.

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Richmond : Keepsake Press, 1966. First edition : limited to 175 copies signed by Gavin Ewart. A collection of twenty-five poems.
Foolscap 4to. [ii],(22)pp. Wood engraving on title-page by Prid Lasenby. Original sage green wraps, lettered and ornamented on upper wrap in red-brown; just a little sunned at spine, but a very good copy. Loosely inserted is Keepsake Postcard No.1 (1967), announcing various publications. Lewis 23.

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London : Alan Ross, 1968. First edition. A collection of fifty-eight poems. No. 18 of the London Magazine editions.
Narrow crown 8vo. 72,[iv]pp. Original deep orange wraps, lettered in blue; just a touch sunned, but a very good copy.

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Oxford : Sycamore Press, (1971). First edition. Signed by Ewart below his printed name. A poem to Peter Porter.
Post 8vo. Single sheet, printed in green and black, and folding to form three leaves; near fine.

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Richmond : Keepsake Press, 1972. First edition : limited to 180 copies. A poem, with an illustration by Arthur Boyd.
Crown 4to. [4pp]. Original magenta wraps, lettered and ornamented on upper wrap in black; a fine copy, with the original Keepsake envelope. Lewis (Keepsake Poems) 4.

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London : Poem-of-the-Month Club, 1972. First edition : [limited to 1,000 signed copies]. A broadside poster poem, signed by Gavin Ewart.
Imperial 4to. Single ivory sheet, printed in black on recto only. Fine.

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London : B. T. Batsford, (1976). First edition. An eclectic mix of poems for children by a disparate group of authors.
Demy 8vo. [iv],88,[iv]pp - including integral endpapers. Coloured illustrations. Original green boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; a very good copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket - just faintly sunned.

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Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1977. First edition : [one of 400 copies]. A collection of eleven poems.
Demy 8vo. 20pp. Original fawn wraps, lettered on upper wrap in ochre and brown; a very good copy.

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Newcastle upon Tyne : Morden Tower Publications, 1977. First edition. Ten poems from Fleur Adcock and seven from Gavin Ewart.
Post 8vo. [20]pp. Original sage-green stapled wrappers, lettered and decorated in black; staples just very slightly rusted; last leaf slightly discoloured from the loose insertion of a related press-cutting, but otherwise very good.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1977. First edition. A collection of forty-five poems.
Demy 8vo. (96)pp. Original white wraps, printed in black and light blue; just a hint of tanning to wraps, but a very good copy.

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London : Hutchinson & Co., (1982). First edition. A collection of over 100 poems.
Demy 8vo. (116),[iv]pp. Original white wraps, printed in blue; just a touch of tanning to wraps, but a very good copy.

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Leamington Spa : Other Branch Readings, 1984. First edition : limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed by Gavin Ewart. Seven poems.
Foolscap 4to. [4]pp. Original pale blue stapled wraps, lettered on upper cover in black; very slightly bruised, but a near fine copy.

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London : Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), (1984). First edition. A collection of nineteen poems, with illustrations by Nicola Jennings.
Demy 8vo. 48pp. Original white wraps, printed in red and black; wraps lightly tanned, otherwise a very good copy.

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Leamington Spa : Other Branch Readings, 1984. First edition : one of twenty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Gavin Ewart. Seven poems.
Foolscap 4to. [4]pp. Original pale blue stapled wraps, lettered on upper cover in black; very good.

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[London] : Arts Council of Great Britain, [ca. 1982]. First separate edition. An undated poem card, one of an attractively printed series sold at the Arts Council shop in the early 1980s.
Foolscap 8vo. Cream card, printed in red and black; near fine.

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