Alms for Oblivion: Passages Selected from His Five Long Poems by Martyn Skinner - 1983-12-08

M. Russell, 1983-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. First edition. Mild edgewear and surface scuffing on DJ. Boards slightly edgeworn, spine lettering clear and bright. Pages slightly toned, old price info in pencil on front flyleaf. Binding secure.

Salisbury,, 1983. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. About fine.. 8vo. pp. 127. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on spine. Red dust jacket lettered white on spine and upper cover. Presentation copy: 'Colin Welch from Martyn Skinner. December 1983.' Handwritten signed letter from Martyn Skinner to Colin Welch loosely inserted written on headed notepaper from Ilex House, Fitzhead, Taunton dated December 26th 1983 and consisting of about 125 words in which Skinner says he remembers Welch saying in a letter that he admired his poetry. He encloses some specimens of his poetry and goes on to admire Welch's articles in 'The Spectator' particularly the one about Beatlemania. He thinks 'our attitudes to the general state of things seem largely to correspond.' Colin Welch (1924 � 1997) political journalist, satirist and deputy editor of 'The Daily Telegraph' also wrote under the pen name Peter Simple in which he mocked and abused the so-called permissive society. Martyn Skinner (1906 � 1993)… Read More