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Wilkes, Lyall.
Old Jesmond and Other Poems.
Publisher: Frank Graham, Newcastle;
Date of Publication: 1975
Stock Code: 14726
Signed Limited First Edition. Octavo, pp., 35. Edition 3 of only 18 printed copies, signed by the author and illustrator. Beautifully illustrated by Margaret Wilkes. Publisher’s bright red cloth with gilt title to upper board in an unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket. A near fine copy. A collection of local poems by previous Labour Party politician, Lyall Wilkes. Many of the poems focus on Wilkes’ childhood heroes. One of the very rarest tiltes published by Frank Gragam. £65.00