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Keepsake poem titled 'In Memoriam Alex Foster' ('We laid him among the stones at Tahilla'), inscribed to Máire Gaster by Christine Hetherington, wife of the author and daughter of the subject of the poem, Alexander Roulston Foster.

Author: 
George Hetherington, Irish poet, director of The Irish Times and owner of Dublin printers Hely's Ltd; his wife Christine Hetherington and father-in-law Alex Foster (1890-1972); Máire Gaster [Lynd]]
Publication details: 
Place and printer not stated [Hely's Limited, printers, Dublin]. August 1972.
£180.00

2pp., 8vo. Bifolium. Nicely printed on laid paper. In good condition, on aged paper. Headed 'IN MEMORIAM ALEX FOSTER | by | GEORGE HETHERINGTON', and with 'August 1972' following the last line. At foot of second page, in manuscript, 'To Máire | With love from | Christine'. Christine's first husband was the diplomat and journalist Conor Cruise O'Brien. Scarce: no copy on OCLC WorldCat or COPAC. From the Lynd papers.

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