Blue Wine and Other Poems.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. More
New York: Knopf. 2011. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Anchor Books, 1994. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in publisher's original blue wraps. Signed by Jessica Hagedorn at her entry. More
New York: Norton, 1992. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A splendid collection of stories about male-female relations in the West. Signed by the author. More
New York: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in fine dust jacket. More
New York: Viking, 1978. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Oblong quarto. Front board is splayed, maybe from moisture. Jacket is worn at the front flap fold. Poems by Ted Hughes. Poetry by Ted Hughes. 27 full-page black & white illustrations by Leonard Baskin who illustrated many of Hughes' books. Critics frequently call Hughes one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A close to fine book in a fine dust jacket. Bottom corners lightly tapped. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid into the book. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Jacket design and illustrations by Leonard Baskin. More
London: Rainbow Press, 1976. Hardcover. Limited edition. First edition. A Limited edition of 226 copies, numbered, illustrated and signed by the author. This is number 34 signed by Ted Hughes. Fine in full blue leather with silver stamping in a near fine publisher's slipcase. Light foxing to the end papers.Printed on paper hand-made by J. Barcham Green and bound by David & Hodges. Signed by the author. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1963. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Slight nick to the top spine fold. With drawings by R. A. Brandt. 10 full-page illustrations.The author's third collection of poetry. More
New York: Harper and Bros. 1957. First U.S. edition. A near book in a close to fine dust jacket. The author's first book of poetry. Slight darkening to the jacket spine. Slight offsetting to the front free endpapers. With H-G on the colophon page. Hughes was awarded the First Publication award by a panel that consisted of W. H. Auden, Marianne Moore and Stephen Spender. More
New York: Harper, 1960. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. First U.S. edition.† A fine book in a close to near fine dust jacket. One snag to the rear panel and ink mark on rear panel.† This is the first printing, first issue copy with Harper stamped on the book spine and page 5 being numbered.† A lovely copy in publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. $3 price on the front flap.† The author's second book, following the smashing success of The Hawk in the Rain. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. 100. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. The book is a diary in poetic form that details the everyday life of a working farm, where he lived and worked in Devon in the 1970's. First published in 1979 the book was expanded in later years. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. 125. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A review copy with publisher's material and author photograph laid into the book. Critics frequently call Hughes one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. The 47 poems here are about fishing and rivers, but so much more. Said Faber, his English publisher: "Inspired by Hughes's love of fishing and by his environmental activism, the poems are a deftly and passionately attentive chronicle of change over the course of the seasons." More
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. 45. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Jacket design and drawings by Leonard Baskin. More
Knotting: Sceptre Press, 1978. Paperback. Limited edition. First edition. A fine book in stapled wrappers. One of 350 copies, this being numbered as #203. Twelve pages containing a single poem. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. 125. A fine book in very good dust jacket. Light soiling and browning to the rear panel. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Wodwo was Hughes' fourth collection of poetery and the first published following the suicide of his wife, Sylvia Plath in 1963. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. Hardcover. First US edition. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A collection of poems by Britain's Poet Laureate, many relating to his wife, Sylvia Plath, and her tragic suicide. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. 75-100. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. More
New York: Knopf, 1986. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Foxing on the top edges. Critics frequently call Hughes one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Jacket design by Leonard Baskin. More
New York: Doubleday, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light wear at the head and foot of the black jacket spine. More
New York: Random House, 2009. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. An unread copy. The author's newest novel to be published in October. More
New York: Arcade Books, 1996. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The first collection of essays and memoirs by the author of The World According to Garp and a Prayer for Owen Meany. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Craig and Christina: This little collection of the past, which has been correctly called a foreign country. Merry Christmas. 1995. John Irving." Signed by the author. More
New York. Random House, 1980. Hardcover. First edition. a fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Light wear at the extremities. Price of $15.95 is present on the front flap. The first edition thus that includes Irving's first three books: Setting Free the Bears The Water-Method Man and the 158-Pound Marriage. A nice copy of a book that is not often found in collectable condition. More
New York: New Directions Books, 1945. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Gentle sunning to the spine and upper board edges, some trivial wear at the crown, else a clean near fine copy. Dust jacket very good plus, unclipped (prices $3.50) lightly edge worn, gently sunned at the spine an rear panel with a few closed tears along upper edge of the rear panels and some wear at the crown. Photographic postcard of the author laid in. This American edition of Isherwood's two novels set in Weimar-era Berlin, were originally published by the Hogarth Press. They form the basis for the Oscar-winning film, Cabaret, that starred Michael York and Liza Minnelli. More