Barry Spender (6 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2700grams, ISBN:0953703266.

hardcover. Condition: New.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1991. First edition. 55,[1]pp. With five illustrations: a cover portrait by David Hockney; title-page vignette by John Craxton; and others by Ghika, Matthew Spender, and Maro Gorky. §Poems in honour of Stephen Spender's eighty-second birthday contributed by Dannie Abse, John Ashbery, George Barker, Patricia Beer, Joseph Brodsky, Alan Brownjohn, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Geoffrey Dutton, D.J. Enright, Gavin Ewart, Roy Fuller, David Gascoyne, Bryan Guinness, Seamus Heaney, John Heath-Stubbs, Ted Hughes, Barry Humphries, Elizabeth Jennings, P.J. Kavanagh, Edward Lowbury, Roger McGough, Edwin Morgan, Pete Morgan, Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Nimmo, Charles Osborne, Ruth Pitter, David Plante, Peter Porter, Peter Reading, Peter Redgrove, Alan Ross, A.L. Rowse, Nikos Stangos, R.S. Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Charles Tomlinson, Ted Walker, & Roger Woddis §One of an edition of 150 numbered copies (75 for sale) hand-set in 12 point Bembo type and printed on 'Character' laid paper. Original green wrappers, lettered and decorated in black. A very good, bright copy. David Hockney, John Craxton, Ghika, Matthew Spender, Maro Gorky (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Cover by David Hockney. Slim small quarto. Very light wear, just about fine in printed wrappers. Copy 131 of 150 copies printed. Prints poems by Seamus Heaney, John Ashbery, Joseph Brodsky, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, and many others.

Limited edition of 150 numbered copies. This copy signed by Barry Humphries on title-page, additionally inscribed by Humphries on front-free endpaper, "To Elizabeth Cavendish with fondest love from Barry. London 1991". With loosely inserted an ALS from Humphries to Elizabeth Cavendish "Dear Elizabeth, Here's a little book to celebrate Stephen Spender's 82nd. Hope you enjoy it! Just come back from OZ after a Sandy Stone tour. I delivered an entire evening about old Sandy and the public loved it! I hope you are well and not too busy. Let's have lunch together soon. I'll ring you after Easter. Much love Yours Barry" (letter a little creased). Tall 8vo., original printed wrappers with an illustration of Spender by David Hockney. Barry Humphries arranged this tribute to his father-in-law. Includes Poems by Dannie Abse, John Ashbery, George Barker, Patricia Beer, Joseph Brodsky, Alan Brownjohn, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Geoffrey Dutton, D.J. Enright, Gavin Ewart, Roy Fuller, David Gascoyne, Bryan Guinness, Seamus Heaney, John Heath-Stubbs, Ted Hughes, Barry Humphries, Elizabeth Jennings, P.J. Kavanagh, Edward Lowbury, Roger McGough, Edwin Morgan, Pete Morgan, Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Nimmo, Charles Osborne, Ruth Pitter, David Plante, Peter Porter, Peter Reading, Peter Redgrove, Alan Ross, A.L. Rowse, Nikos Stangos, R.S. Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Charles Tomlinson, Ted Walker and Roger Woddis. With drawings by John Craxton, Ghika, Matthew Spender and Maro Gorky.…