Fantasy Poets. 27 volumes, Swinford, Oxford: 1952-57, each 8pp., 1st few titles with some spotting at front and rear (affecting covers), some staples rusting, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, together with 5 issues (of 6) of New Poems, autumn 1952-autumn 1953, Fighting Terms: Poems by Thom Gunn, 1954, and Poems, by Elizabeth Jennings, 1953, all Fantasy Press publications, with an autograph letter from the press owner Oscar Mellor, to John Cotton, a copy of Oscar Mellor: The Fantasy Press: a Memory by John Cotton, Dodman Press, 1977, title signed by John Cotton, and the spring 1969 issue of The Private Library containing John Cotton's article on The Fantasy Press, plus 3 New Broom Press publications by Spike Milligan: Chill Air, 1981; Poems, with Drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1977; Twelve Poems that made December Colder, 1979, and approximately 70 other private press publications, including: Haiku from Telegraph Hill, by M. Ruth Jung, linocuts by Mary Ellen Cranston, Karuba Press, 1963; Triolets, by Jack Woolgar, drawings by Kathie Layfield, New Broom Press, 1975; The Commodities of Aqua Vitae describ'd by Richard Stanihurst, with cuts by Bridget Swinton, Dolmen Press, 1956; 6 titles from the Bonnefant Press (Holland), and other titles from presses including the New Broom and Mandeville Presses, with some broadsheets and correspondence (Qty: approximately 110)NOTESProvenance: from the library of John Cotton, poet and sometime editor of 'The Private Library'. Many of these items were sent to him for review and come with relevant correspondence. The Fantasy Poets numbers comprise: 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12-15, 18, 20-35. The series published many authors who later found international fame, such as number 21: Philip Larkin, number 22: Kingsley Amis, and number 24: Adrian Mitchell, all included here.
