Forgotten Fire

Hardback. English. Publisher: Cape Town, Purnell, 1972. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies. No number.

Dustwrapper in fair condition but back of jacket worn and tatty. pp. (vi) + 51. Verse. Includes such compositions as: 'Thaba Nchu Mountain': 'Day shows a faded floor of grass, Expanse that flows eye-failing far, And eastwards lifts a craggy height/ that men with assegais bizarre, Dark men with darker fear within, Forcing their naked fleeing feet, Acclaimed and climbed the mountain slopes/ To bring relief to hot retreat.' Also: Summer veld,' etc.