Ending 10th Apr, 2022 18:00
Books and Maps - Timed Auction - Fri 1 Apr to Sun 10 Apr
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MAYER, Gerda
MAYER, Gerda: A large collection of Poetry books by her contemporary poets, with over 80 works inscribed to her, and signed by their authors, including: Geoffrey Holloway (12 works + 2 ALS & 1 TLS); Gavin Ewart (5 works); Christopher Levenson (5 works + 3 ALS); Katherine Gallagher (3 works); Lotte Kramer (2 works); Plus more than 50 other poets’ works, all inscribed to her & signed; Plus a large number of others, including some of her own works. Most are first editions and fine copies. (QtyGerda Mayer (1927-2021),
Gerda Kamilla Mayer was an English poet born to a Jewish family in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakie. She escaped to England from Prague in 1939, aged eleven, on a Kindertransport flight organised by Trevor Chadwick. Having composed her first poem, in German, at the age of four, she continued her education in Dorset and Surrey and began writing poetry in English. She published several volumes of verse and her poems have appeared in many anthologies. She has been described by Carol Ann Duffy as a fine poet 'who should be better known'
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Auction: Books and Maps - Timed Auction - Fri 1 Apr to Sun 10 Apr, ending 10th Apr, 2022
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