Whittington Press - Udal (John). In a State of Readiness: Poems. Illustrations by Richard Kennedy.

In a State of Readiness: Poems, by John Udal. Illustrations by Richard Kennedy. 8vo, 16pp., The Whittington Press, Manor Farm, Andoversford, 1988.

One of 150 copies set in Caslon and printed in black and light brown on Sommerville laid paper. 3 drawings reproduced by line-blocks. Sewn into overlapping card covers with pictorial Ingres paper wrappers. A fine copy.

Scarce. Seven poems by John Udal. The wrapper is from an old stock of Ingres paper obtained from OUP. The illustration on the wrapper is not repeated within the text. These were the last illustrations by Richard Kennedy for Whittington Press,