Dun (Aidan Andrew) Universal, letter H of 26 special copies with a signed manuscript leaf, from an edition of 141 signed by the author, this copy also inscribed by the author to Anthony Dowd on title, autograph leaf of 3 verses loose in pocket at end, original cloth, glacine wrapper, Uppingham, 2002 § Theroux (Paul) Sailing through China, number 62 of 150 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Patrick Procktor, original cloth, illustration mounted on upper cover, glacine wrapper, Salisbury, 1983 § Pitter (Ruth) A Mad Lady's Garland, Cresset Press, [1934]; A Trophy of Arms: Poems 1926-1935, signed and inscribed by the author on half-title, Cresset Press, [1937]; The Rude Potato, signed by the author on half-title, illustrations, Cresset Press, [1941] § Hesketh (Phoebe) Lean Forward, Spring!, 1948, the last four all first editions, occasional light spotting, original cloth, some uncut, the last three with dust-jackets, all four a little rubbed and soiled/spotted, the third price-clipped; and 8 others, poetry, 8vo & 4to (14)

⁂ Ruth Pitter was the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, in 1955; she was also awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1937 for A Trophy of Arms.