THE BLOOM OF CANDLES. Verses from a Poet's Year.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy from the publisher. Publisher's original yellow paper covered boards with titles in black to the upper board, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the toned and lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

Inscribed by the publisher in black ink on the front endpaper "Nanos [Valaoritis] - / Love for Christmas / John [Lehmann] / 1947". Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone.