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First edition, first printing. Publisher's black paper covered boards with white titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a pertinent prize bookplate to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, bright original dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (£12.99 to the front flap).

The bookplate on the front endpaper reads "Manchester Cathedral / Religious Poetry Competition 2009 / Awarded to: Pat Borthwick / for her commended poem 'Shifts' / [Signed in black ink by] Rogers Govender / Dean". This collection of 45 poems won the Costa Book Award. Provenance: from the library of the multi-award winning poet Pat Borthwick.