The Astronomy of Love, Jon Stallworthy, 1961

The Astronomy of Love, by Jon Stallworthy. Contains 40 poems.

Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1961. First edition.

A very good mottled blue cloth hardback with dustjacket. Boards are crisp and sharp. Dustjacket has its original glassine plastic protective wrap (removable). The plastic in now torn at spine and a bit worn. Otherwise the jacket itself is very good.

Text is clean, bright and soundly bound. Some offsetting to endpapers, and half title, where a loose newspaper article has been stored (related subject), and is included.

Text in English.

viii + 55pp

Weight approximately 236g (unpacked).

Dimensions: approximately 219mm high x 147mm wide x 11mm deep.