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Will the Years Give Back and Other Love Poems 1939-1945

by Anne Bulley

32 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #05-0422; ISBN 1-4120-5524-5; US$17.39, C$20.00, EUR14.29, £10.00

A book of poems written during the Second World War, with coloured illustrations by Hugh Bulley, to be sold in aid of Seafarers (UK).

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About the Book

When these poems were first published, some of which had first appeared in the 'Fleet Poetry Broadsheet' in 1944 in Ceylon, a critic wrote that they 'echoed 'through the mind with an almost unbearable melancholy that is agonizingly poised and self aware without undue self-indulgence Anne Bulley movingly stresses the need to seize moments of happiness...'

So let the days spin out

In magic hours and laughter,

That I may hold the thought

Long, long after. {Elizabeth Saxon, Red Candle Press)

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This verse is taken from a poem that has appeared in the following anthologies: Hands Across the Sea ed John Winton; BBC Woman's Hour 50th Anniversary Poetry Collection edited Pat McLoughlin; Chaos of the Night, (Virago) edited Catherine Reilly and Shadows of War edited Anne Powell. Any proceeds from the sale of the present volume, which contains nineteen poems and eighteen full colour paintings and collages will be given to Seafarers (UK) (formerly King George V Fund for Sailors) to commemorate 60 years since the end of the 2nd World War.

Anne Bulley is an historian with a special interest in marine India.

The artist, Hugh Bulley served with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the Normandy landings and the Far East. He is at present engaged in painting classical studies from literature in series. He has had one man exhibitions in New York, Madrid, Basel and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. His lithographs have been published by Transworld Art of West 57th Street New York and screen prints by Ex Libris of Zurich.

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About the Author

The author served in the W.R.N.S. in the Second World War in South Africa and Ceylon. She is an historian, with a special interest in maritime India.

The artist: Hugh Bulley, whose work illustrates the book, served in the Mediterranean, the Normandy Landings and the Far East in the Second World War. He is at present engaged in painting classical studies from literature in series. He has had one man exhibitions in New York, Madrid, Basel and at the Ashmoleon Museum Oxford. His lithographs have been publishedx by Transworld Art of West 57th Street New York and screen prints by ExLibris of Zurich. The book is designed by Matthew Maier and is published by Cockatrice.

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