Search results for: 'poems'
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LARKIN, Philip. The Less Deceived:Hessle : 1955
First edition, first impression, one of 300 copies in the first issue binding, with the relevant issue point for the first impression: the misprint "floor" for "sea" in the first line of "Absences" (p. 38). The Less Deceived was Larkin's second book of poems, and contains some of his most popular verses, including "Church Going" (pp. 26-27).
This... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 147210
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LARKIN, Philip. Femmes Damnées.Oxford : 1978
First edition, sole separate printing, one of 400 unnumbered copies. The poem was originally written in 1943, just after Larkin graduated from Oxford. The short biography on the verso contains a note in which Larkin recounts that, "The piece is evidence that I once read at least one 'foreign poem', though I can't remember how far, if at all, my verses... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 147560
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LARKIN, Philip. Aubade.Madison, Wisconsin : 1980
First edition, first printing, number 175 of 250 copies, initialled by the author and the printer on the limitation leaf. "Aubade" was the final major poem published in Larkin's lifetime, having originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement in 1977. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 147561
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LARKIN, Philip. High Windows.London : 1974
First edition, first impression, of Larkin's final major poetry collection. High Windows includes his poem "This Be The Verse", opening with the famous line "They fuck you up, your mum and dad". This copy has an appealing literary provenance, from the library of publisher John K. Martin (b. 1930), founder of the Black Sparrow Press, with his book label... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 146751
