An excellent copy of the scarce FIRST EDITION of the authors debut collection of verse championed by Edith Sitwell and retaining the publishers wrap-around blurb by her. Signs of moderate restoration to the wrapper and band but never the less an exceptional copy. As the sixties progressed Stevenson shifted away from a full-time literary life and pivoted toward the dramatic arts and to establish his new identity, he adopted the stage name John Quentin. As an actor, he spent decades working in British television, stage, and cinema and is widely known for his roles as Wittgenstein by Derek Jarman, Martin Chuzzelwit and Agatha Christie's Poirot