Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: None stated
Publication Date: 1957
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Special Attributes: First edition. Dust jacket (with unclipped price).
The author read her poetry on the Third Programme, a national radio station produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1946 - 1967. The Third Programme became one of the leading cultural and intellectual forces in Britain. Stevie Smith was awarded the Cholmondeley award for poets in 1966 and won the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry in 1969. A successful play based on her life was filmed in 1978. Because Smith was treated for psychological problems, the poem Not Waving but Drowning's personal significance has been the topic of several pieces of literary criticism.   
Condition: Good. Dust jacket colour is slightly faded at the spine and head. A few spots on front panel (most in the bottom right corner) and back panel (lightly in the bottom half area). Boards underneath have corresponding spots (bit lighter than the dust jacket's) on the front and back. Dust jacket has a few closed tears and chips at the top and bottom edges. Top edge of boards spine slightly worn. Top and bottom edges of boards very lightly soiled. Front and back endpapers have a few foxing spots. Pages very lightly tanned, with a bit darker tanning on free endpapers. A few very light foxing spots on text block fore-edge. One foxing spot on top edge of text block, which also shows at the top edges of 12 pages inside when the book is open. (Please contact us for full condition report at time of purchase.)