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HIGH WINDOWS
by LARKIN, Philip:
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber. 1974. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing. Publisher's original light blue card covers printed in black. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and firm, the covers with just a hint of toning at the extremities. The contents, with a small ink mark to the upper margin of page 33 are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Any of Larkin's major poetry collections are rare in proof state. For this, the poet's final collection, the proof comprises 23 poems over 39 pages. The published version includes one additional poem 'Show Saturday' extending the volume to 42 pages. Perhaps the finest, and certainly the darkest, of Larkin's four collections, the first edition was published on 3rd June 1974 in an edition of 6,142 copies which, according to Charles Monteith, sold out in three weeks, a record, in Faber's experience, for a cased volume of new verse. (Bloomfield A10a, for the first edition, no mention of proof copies). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Synopsis
High Windows is a collection of poems by English poet Philip Larkin, and was published in 1974 by Faber and Faber Limited. The readily available paperback version was first published in Britain in 1979. The collection is the last publication of new poetry by Larkin before his death in 1985, and it contains some of his most famous poems, including the title piece, "High Windows", "Dublinesque", and "This Be The Verse".
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Details
- Seller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24866
- Title
- HIGH WINDOWS
- Author
- LARKIN, Philip:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing
- Publisher
- London: Faber and Faber. 1974
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York, North Yorkshire
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