[ Edward Lucie-Smith, poet and art critic. ] Two mimeographed typescripts: one with five poems (first, 'A Tropical Childhood'; last, 'To be justified'), the other a commentary on each poem, signed at head: 'one of 24 | No 2: Edward Lucie-Smith'.

Each of the two typescripts is on two leaves of foolscap stapled together. The two in good condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE: First page headed 'Poems by Edward Lucie-Smith'. 4pp., 8vo, paginated [1]-4. The five poems are: 'A Tropical Childhood' (p.1), first line: 'In the hot noons I heard the fusillade'. 'On looking at Stubbs's “Anatomy of the Horse”' (pp.1), first line: 'In Lincolnshire, a village full of tongues'. 'Rubens to Helene Fourment' (pp.2-3), subtitle: 'The picture is La Pelisse, now in Vienna', first line: 'Now sinking towards age, I paint your rising,'. 'Meditation of the Sibyl' (pp.3-4), first line: 'The shrine-light gutters. The footsteps go'. 'To be justified' (p.4), first line: 'I suddenly wake. Some words. I grope for what'. TWO: Commentary on the five poems in Item One, headed 'Edward Lucie-Smith'. 3pp., 8vo, paginated [1]-3. Signed in blue ink at head of first page: 'one of 24 | No 2: Edward Lucie-Smith'. Signed in type at end of last page. Comprising numbered sections discussing each of the poems in Item One in turn.