SIGNED The Winter Man. Vernon Scannell. 1973 1st Edition with signed postcard
The Winter Man. Vernon Scannell. 1973. London: Allan and Busby. Softcover. First edition. 8vo. Warmly inscribed by Scannell at the title page to ‘Roger and Joan’ and dated 1983—Roger and Joan having stayed with Scannell and his then girlfriend or wife. Together with a postcard handwritten by Angela Scannell [Beese], and again dated 1983. Interestingly, Scannell, a much-celebrated and anthologised poet and Desert Rat of the war, was later discovered to have deserted his post several times, was jailed, released, re-captured, was involved in drunken brawls and domestic violence against his partners, including Angela here. This copy near fine with a few light stains to covers only.
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