[Patric Dickinson, poet, translator and broadcaster.] Copy of his Mandeville Press poetry collection 'A Sun Dog'.

Patric Dickinson has not received his due. A self-styled ‘poet and impresario of poetry’, Dickinson occupied a central position in the cultural landscape of post-war Britain. As an editor and broadcaster he worked with poets such as Dylan Thomas, Cecil Day Lewis and Roy Campbell, actresses Flora Robson, Peggy Ashcroft and Jill Balcon, and actors Robert Donat, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud. See his 1965 autobiography 'The Good Minute' and John Mole’s obituary in the Independent, 31 January 1994. From the papers of Dickinson’s mistress Sarah Emmeline Hamilton. (His extraordinary correspondence with her, including 171 original and mostly-unpublished poems, 474 autograph letters and 349 post cards, is offered separately). The present item is 4to, and consists of 18 unpaginated pages over twelve leaves. Stitched into green wraps printed in black. Title-page with dragon device in red, otherwise in black. Tastefully printed. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Dickinson has added the surname 'Clark' in pencil beside the name 'Jane' of the dedicatee. Not overly common: apart from the deposit libraries the only copies on JISC at Leeds and UCL.