"First published 1943." Findlay Hendry, James

Original white boards, green cloth spine. Fine in fine dw. 8vo. xvi, 56p.

laid in letter receipt for typscript corrections copies of The Orchestral mountain sent to the Nat Library of Scotland by Prof J F Hendry in Sudbur Ontatio


James Findlay Hendry (12 September 1912 – 17 December 1986) was a Scottish poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow. During World War II he served in the Royal Artillery and the Intelligence Corps. After the war he worked as a translator for international organisations, including the UN and the ILO. He later took a chair at Laurentian University. He died in Toronto.

He edited with Henry Treece the poetry anthology The New Apocalypse (1939) which gave its name to the New Apocalyptics poetic group. The long poem Marimarusa was published in 1978.