O Providence [inscribed by the author]

pp 394 First Hogarth Press edition inscribed by the author using his full name in the month of first publication: 'Arnold Ovenden with John Hampson Simpson's good wishes. 11-2-32.' Bound in very good blue-grey cloth, gilt spine lettering, with the bookplate of 'H.A. Ovenden' opposite the inscription on the front paste-down. Hampson was a member of the Birmingham group of writers who achieved considerable success with the Hogarth Press. Woolmer 290.