Only in the Sun: The Selected Poetry of William Wantling, 1964-74

Only in the Sun contains over 100 poems from all of Wantling's publications: Search; Machine and Destiny; Five Poem Songs; Head First; Heroin Haikus; Down, Off & Out; From the Jungle's Edge; The Source; The Awakening; Sick Fly; Obscene & Other Poems; 10,000rpm & Digging It, Yeah!; San Quentin's Stranger; 7 on Style; also a novel extract from 1969. Includes many uncollected poems from seminal mags like Wormwood Review, Dust, Poetmeat, etc. Introduction by Professor Kevin Jones, author of Finding Jewels in the Awkward Mud: A Reconsideration of the Life and Works of William Wantling. Handbound, hardcover ltd. edition of 100 numbered, 26 lettered copies. The letter's of the poet's surname are slipcased (ie. only 7 available). Lettered, lettered/slipcased copies include a tipped in handsewn pamphlet with a poem by Ruthie Wantling, as well as a broadside of an unpublished Wm. Wantling letter (early 1974 - reproduced with kind permission from Trevor Reeves).