Falling For a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams - 1988

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.The author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the title page, 'For Tom, who reminded me that you should never have anyone between you and the sky, from Heathcote, October 1988'.Tom Maschler"s bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Maschler is a publisher who worked for Jonathan Cape, who discovered and published authors including Ian McEwan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.'Falling For a Dolphin' is a long polemical poem.Written by Heathcote Williams, an English poet, best known for this poem and for 'Autogeddon'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is near fine with a small amount of edge wear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's inscription to the title page. Fine