Selected Poems. by Vernon Watkins - 1948.

Norfolk, CT New Directions, 1948. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Very Good in Good+ DJ: Book shows indications of light use: fairly heavy shelf-wear to the bottom edge of the paper over boards, to the point where the underlying board is exposed; just a touch of wear to the upper extremities; former owners name in ink at front pastedown and former owner’s rubber stamp at front free endpaper; pages tanned, due to age; about one inch of upper corner of flyleaf has been torn away; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows moderate wear to extremities; some mild rubbing and faint soiling; chips at all but lower rear corner; several short, closed tears at upper edge; backstrip shows some soiling; price has been blocked with ink at lower corner of front flap, but remains unclipped; mylar-protected. A clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 92pp. First Ed, unstated. Hardback with DJ. Vernon Phillips Watkins (27 June 1906 – 8 October 1967) was a British poet, translator and painter.[1] He was a close friend of Dylan Thomas,[1] who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English". He became a major figure for the Anglo-Welsh poetry tradition, and his poems were included in major anthologies. During the war he was for a time associated with the New Apocalyptics group. Vernon was on a friendly basis with William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Philip Larkin. He was awarded a University of Wales honorary Doctorate of Literature in 1966. He was being considered for Poet Laureate at the time of his death. The present volume represents a selection from his first two books - The Ballad of the Mari Lwyd & The Lamp and the Veil. It was the first publication of his poetry in America.