Archive of Poet John Penrose Angold with "Collected Poems" Published in 1952
London: Peter Russell, 1952. Archive of Poet John Penrose Angold with "Collected Poems" Published in 1952, Peter Russell, London, England. 8.5 x 5.75 inches, 54pp.
Book in good condition with light soiling and bumping to edges. Limitation of 350 copies; this copy marked "PRESS COPY" on colophon.
Archival material including letters, typescript poems and clipped poems all show some amount of wear. Stored in individual sleeves. Very Good Condition.
John Penrose Angold (1909 – 1943) was the only son of Herbert and Henrietta Angold of The Hildens, England. Angold was an accomplished poet who wrote for the New English Weekly (NEW), publishing Angold first in 1933. NEW published "Gloucester Cathedral" the week of his passing. Angold died during a training mission while serving with the Royal Air Force during World War II. Published Peter Russell published Angold's "Collected Poems" in 1952. Angold was eulogized in Ezra Pound's poem "Pisan Cantos".
This collection includes:
--Book "Collected Poems" marked press copy
--TLS from NEW publisher Philip Mairet to publisher Peter Russell. Letter discusses the interest shown by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in seeing Angold's collected poems published in book format. Transcript of letter included,
-- TLS from publisher Peter Russell to H.E. Angold, father of J.P. Angold discussing various proposed changes to "Collected Poems".
--ALS from H.E. Angold to Peter Russell
--ALS from J.P. Angold's sister Marjorie Tweedie to Peter Russell written after the publication of "Collected Poems". She is critical of several aspects of the book.
--22 Typed manuscript poems, all of which appeared in "Collected Poems". 2 are signed in type.
--Seven printed poems from New English Weekly, cut and pasted on six sheet.
--Galley proof for "Collected Poems.
--One page of handwritten notes, likely from Peter Russell.
The website westcottvillage.com writes this about Angold: "From his early childhood, John Penrose Angold had a deep love of poetry which was inspired by his mother. He became a poet, as well as a translator and critic, and a number of his poems were published in the New English Weekly. After his death, the American poet Ezra Pound took a considerable interest in his work and lamented his loss in his poem Pisan Cantos. T.S.Eliot also admired John’s work. The interest shown by Pound and Eliot encouraged Philip Mairet, the Editor of New English Weekly to get a collection of John’s poems published. He wrote to the publisher, Peter Russell, saying ‘I would very much like Angold’s poems to be in existence in print elsewhere than in the files of the N.E.W. and the one or two other places in which his work may have appeared. He was essentially in an independent and experimental stage when he died. The interest of his work is admittedly the probability that he would have done something substantial had he lived. But at least one would like to see his work extant somewhere.’ A book entitled Collected Poems by J.P. Angold was published as a limited edition by Peter Russell in London in 1952."
Collection also includes Wikipedia articles about Peter Russell and Philip Mairet, both of whom led interesting literary lives.
65 institutions hold Angold's "Collected Poems", but we find no holdings of Angold manuscript material. Item #1945
Price: $800.00