Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (this copy signed by Henry Williamson), cloth,The Francis Thompson Society, 1967.

Book condition: a fine copy, lacking the original tissue wrapper.

by Francis Thompson; edited and introduced by G. Krishnamurti

Five hundred copies of this edition were published by The Francis Thompson Society in 1967. It includes Henry Williamson's 9-page Presidential Address to the Society delivered on 21 January 1967. The book was launched at Hatchards Bookshop in London, and among those attending were Henry Williamson and Stephen Clarke, then a young bookseller working for Bertram Rota and later the founder of Clearwater Books. He approached Williamson with some trepidation and asked if he would sign some copies. Williamson agreed, and just 25 copies were signed by him on the limitation leaf. This is one of those exceedingly scarce copies.

Contents:

The Hound of Heaven, Francis Thompson

In Darkest England, Henry Williamson

"The Hound of Heaven", Dr Fulton J. Sheen

Francis Thomspon's Imagery, Peter H. Butter

Eugene O'Neill, "The Hound of Heaven" and "The Hell Hole", Doris M. Alexander

Thompson and the Surrogate Theory of Poetry, Paul van K. Thomson

Wavell, Gandhi and "The Hound of Heaven", G. Krishnamurti