The Corruption Of A Poet: An Autobiography (SCARCE FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR)
by Hopkins, Kenneth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Barrie, 1954. VG/Good. First edition in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, with inscription on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'Eric Harvey/with the writers warm regard [written in ink, to which is added written in pencil] 'Don't bother to/acknowledge!!'. Illustrated with a portrait photograph frontispiece. The autobiography of English novelist and poet Kenneth Hopkins (1914-88). A very readable and entertaining autobiography man who had many jobs including working in the second-hand book trade and teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. Light spotting to top-edge; age-tanning to endpapers; d/w spine sunned; d/w has edge wear with small losses; else a very good copy, in a good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy From The Author. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15456
- Title
- The Corruption Of A Poet: An Autobiography (SCARCE FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Hopkins, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Barrie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Presentation Copy. Autobiography. Biography. Books About Books. Bibliography. Writers. Authors. Poets. University Of Texas. Second-hand Book Trade.
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- Books About Books, Bibliography;
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