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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : MY SON.

London : Turret Books, (1966). First edition : limited to 150 copies. His second collection - ten poems.
Crown 8vo. (16)pp. Original plain white wraps; fine in a very faintly dusty white dust-jacket, printed in blue and black.

£20

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : CONFESSIONAL.

[Frensham] : Martin Booth / Sceptre Press, (1969). First edition : one of seventy-four numbered copies (of 100). A poem.
Post 8vo. Single off-white sheet, printed in black, folding to form two leaves; very good.

£15

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : A DREAM OF A MEETING.

Frensham : Martin Booth / Sceptre Press, (1970). First edition : one of seventy-four numbered copies (of 100). A poem.
Post 8vo. Single white sheet, printed in black, folding to form three leaves; very good.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : THE RAIN-GIVER.

London : André Deutsch, (1972). First edition. Signed by Crossley-Holland on front free endpaper. His first full-length collection of poems.
Demy 8vo. 62pp. Original blue boards, lettered on spine in silver; very good in the blue, black and white Lloyd Martin dust-jacket.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : THE WAKE.

[Richmond] : Keepsake Press, 1972. First edition : a variant, without the copyright notice and limitation statement on the recto of the lower wrap. A poem, with a wood-engraving by Angela Lemaire. Keepsake Poem No. 2.
Crown 4to. [4]pp. Original orange wraps, lettered and ornamented on upper wrap in black; just faintly creased, otherwise very good. Lewis (Keepsake Poems) 2.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : THE WAKE.

[Richmond] : Keepsake Press, 1972. First edition : limited to 180 copies. A poem, with a wood-engraving in two colours by Angela Lemaire. Keepsake Poem No. 2.
Crown 4to. [4]pp. Original orange wraps, lettered and ornamented on upper wrap in black; fine in the original Keepsake envelope. Lewis (Keepsake Poems) 2.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : PETAL & STONE.

Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1975). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 200) signed by Crossley-Holland. Seven poems.
Demy 8vo. [xii]pp. Original stapled blue wraps; about fine.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : THE DREAM-HOUSE.

London : André Deutsch, (1976). First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed to George and Paddy [G.S.Fraser and his wife], signed and dated (1978) by Crossley-Holland. Poems.
Demy 8vo. (64)pp. Original maroon boards, lettered on spine in silver; near fine in dust-jacket.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- editor : FOLK-TALES OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

London : Faber & Faber, (1986). First trade edition. Signed by Crossley-Holland on the title-page. Originally published by the Folio Society in 1985.
Demy 8vo. (xiv),(394)pp. Wood-engravings by Hannah Firmin. Original blue boards, lettered on spine in gilt; very mild wrinkling to lower edges of text, otherwise very good in dust-jacket.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- editor : THE OXFORD BOOK OF TRAVEL VERSE.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Signed by Crossley-Holland on the title-page.
Demy 8vo. xxxiv,(424)pp. Original blue boards, ruled in blind and lettered in gilt on upper cover, ruled, blocked and lettered in gilt on spine; about fine in dust-jacket.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : THE PAINTING-ROOM AND OTHER POEMS.

London : Hutchinson & Co., (1988). First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated (1990) by Crossley-Holland. A collection of twenty-eight poems.
Post 8vo. (62),[ii]pp. Original white wraps, printed in blue and black; very good.

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : WE ARE THE CHILD DERVISHES OF THE CHILTERNS ...

Kettering : Nina Steane, [ca.1971]. First edition. A poem in broadside form - illustrated by Harry Housman. Number 14 in the Steane "All In" series of poetry posters.
Single sheet, printed in gold and black. 48 x 37cm. Minor wear, and a couple of slight nicks to edges, but a very good copy of a partcularly fragile item. From the collection of the poet Martin Booth, with his book-label on verso.

£35

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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, 1941- : VISION.

[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. Fine.

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