Search Results: the less deceived poems by philip larkin

UsedGood. Hardcover copy is in good, solid conditon, no dj, has some wear, unmarked text, first blank page may have inscription, a good copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

St. Martin's Press, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 0x0x0. First edition, 1960. Red cloth hardbound without dust jacket. Bookstore marking on bottom edge, which is also slightly visible on title page. No other markings noted. generally mild wear.

St. Martin's Press. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. 1st US edition. Owner's name on pastedown. Writing and underlining inside. (poetry)

London, England: London, UK; FF / Faber & Faber, 2012, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, 2012. ------------( 2nd Printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, short faint rub mark on front board, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, short rub/scratch to jacket on front panel lower edge (see scan), very slight cut to the jacket which is near invisible (noticed it on the verso when I was putting a mylar protector on the jacket ---just to the the left of THE in the title near the spine ), 729 pages ---" This entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in Collected Poems (1988), and in the Early Poems and Juvenilia (2005), some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse (by turns scurrilous, satirical, affectionate, and sentimental) tucked away in his letters. The manuscript and printed sources have been scrutinized afresh; more detailed accounts than hitherto available of the… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 1960. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Thinner book, fine red cloth, gilt name and silver design bright at center front, gilt and silver lettering very bright on spine, dark red inside covers and adjacent end papers, 45 heavy pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, maroon and gray, very slightly browned at top front and top back, spine very slightly faded, slight surface wear and micronick at spine top and bottom edge, light wear to long spine edges. Near Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hessle, East Yorkshire: The Marvell Press, 1958. DJ has sunned, rubbed spine with chipping and creasing to head. Top closed edge foxed, else clean and tidy.. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Near fine/Good. 8vo.

The Marvell Press, Hessle., 1955 [i.e. 1956]. The first paperback edition (denoted by Bloomfield the ''second edition''). Plain wrappers. Octavo. 43 pages. One of 1320 copies. The type was reset for this issue. The misprint on page 38 was corrected and the list of subscribers before publication dropped. There were three other minor changes. There is no indication on the verso of the title-page that this is a new edition. Twenty-nine poems.Very near fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly faded at the spine and a bit nicked and creased at top edge.

Hessle,, 1955. First Edition, Second State. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Pages toned, light toned offsetting at endpapers, some light spots throughout and heavier at top edge, spine ends and corners bumped, boards slightly faded, else binding firm. Good+ in faded, slightly edgeworn with shallow tears and chips at head of spine, good+ dust jacket.. 8vo. pp 43, [2]. Pink paper dust jacket lettered black with floral motif border. Original publisher's green buckram cloth with gilt lettering at spine. First edition, 2nd state with a rounded spine and price label (reading 7s 6d nett) to the front dust jacket flap.

The Marvell Press, Hessle, 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first issue with the flat spine. The misprint "floor" for "sea" in the first line of the poem 'Absences'. Slim 8vo. 43pp + [ii] list of subscribers. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Printed on Abbey Mills antique laid paper. Poet Dannie Abse's copy, with his inked ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Damp marking to the corners of the boards. Free endpapers lightly browned. A good copy in dust wrapper, with the price 6/- nett printed to the base of the front panel, as required for this first state. The wrapper split into two parts and with about half of the spine panel now absent. A respectable copy of the author's third major collection of verse. The first edition comprised a total of 700 copies, and just 300 of those were initially bound. This first issue sold out swiftly and the remaining 400 were then bound, these later examples produced with rounded spines… Read More

The Marvell Press, Hessle., 1955. First edition. First impression with the misprint ''floor'' for ''sea'' in the first line of the poem on page 38. Second issue with round spine and a later price sticker mounted over the original price on the upper flap. The second issue comprised fewer than 700 copies, probably fewer than 500 copies. Octavo. pp 43, [2]. Twenty-nine poems. List of subscribers before publication printed at the rear.Free endpapers very faintly tanned. Covers very slightly bumped at corners. Near fine in very good indeed, very slightly nicked dustwrapper slightly faded at the spine and with a small chip at bottom corner of rear panel.