talbot pseud kathrine (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Covers slightly faded at spine. Signed by the author on the title-page and inscribed by her to Anthony Astbury, founder of the Greville Press, "Tony, with love July 1998". A close friend of Elizabeth Bishop, Ilse Gross married the painter Kit Barker, younger brother of the poet George Barker, in 1948, and adopted the pseudonym Kathrine Talbot for her first novel, Fire in the Sun (1952). The title poem is about the Football League War (South) Cup Final in 1943. Arsenal beat Charlton Athletic 7-1. Inscribed by Author(s).

8vo., First Edition, small inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's second novel, following 'The Innermost Cage' (1955). Ilse Eva Louise Gross Barker (1921-2006), poet and author, was born in Germany, She married the English painter Kit Barker and the couple divided their time between England and the US, where they became close friends of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Barker wrote several novels under her pen name 'Kathrine Talbot' and used this persona also in her many translations of foreign verse and prose. Her first two novels are very scarce. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.