An Exaltation of Skylarks in Prose and Poetry (Signed copy)
Signed by the compiler, Stewart Beer
Author
Stewart Beer, compiler. Preface by Richard Mabey
Publisher
SMH Press, Pulborough, 1995
Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 15cm, 227pp.
Inscribed and dedicated by Stewart Beer to the ffep (the recipients were Douglas and Jean [MacEwan] who published some of Stewart's other books)
Spanning twenty-three centuries, this is a delightful anthology of prose and poetry about the skylark, from Theocritus' pastoral poem through to stark warnings of the birds' declining numbers in the twentieth century. Also included are John Milton, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Blake, John Clare, Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte, Siegfried Sassoon, W H Davies and many more.
Condition
The book is in very good condition, the dustwrapper has light edgewear but is otherwise very good.
ISBN
0951261975