Author: DEHN PAUL
Title: Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse
Description: London, Hamilton. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Edward Gorey. (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket rubbed to edges and foldsshort splits at joint ends and minor chipping to spine ends, 110pp, verse and accompanying cartoon style illustrations on a bleakly pessimistic tone, theme is that of nuclear war and devastation, a slice of Cold War angst. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Poetry Modern English Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction Atomic Age the Bomb Humour Black Humour British Edward Gorey


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