At Twenty-Five

Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1986. This is copy 14 of a limited edition of 225 copies. The text is Monotype Poliphilus. Navy hard cover with titles on paper label on front. Tight and clean inside. 47pp. Loosely enclosed is publishing details and order form. Dust jacket is tidy with minor edge-wear and some rubbing on the rear. Nice copy.
Found among the RAK Mason Papers held on the Hocken Library, this handwritten diary letter to a friend covers most of the month of January 1930, when the poet turned twenty-five. As it unfolds, it shows many different sides to his personality and outlook at that important stage of his writing development.