George Parfitt Ed (8 results)

paperback. Condition: fair. Yale University Press, c.1982, 1st.trade paperbk.prtg., 634pp., creased spine, foxed foredges, fair $.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. VG. Numbering sequence denotes 3rd Printing of the 1996 revised Edition thus (originally published 1975, subsequently revised 1988), edited, with preface, appendices and notes, by George Parfitt. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound, mildly and uniformly age toned and free of creasing (along gutter, hinges and spine), markings and blemishes. Faint age toning, creasing at too of front panel, residue from prior tape removal from bottom corner of front panel, front panel slightly curving open, minor rubbing to corners, joints, head and tail, bumping to head are discernible flaws, yet Cover remains brightly presented, with boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and illustration. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0140422773. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gd. 1st Printing of the Cambridge 1978 Edition thus, edited by George Parfitt. Ex-library indicators include classification sticker along spine, marking out of identifiers along edges and at bottom of TP, residue from prior removal of card pocket from rear pastedown and has a faint hint of cocking. Book and Cover are otherwise clean and bright, securely bound, free of other markings and blemishes, with sharp corners, gently bumped joints, headcap and tail, mild age fading along the spine, straight, spine, hinges and edges, and fading but legible gilt stamped spine lettering. (Please See Seller images.) ISBN 0521216974.ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. PLEASE CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING for additional information, details or photos.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing of the 1st Edition Thus. Edited by George Parfitt. Book has inked-out corner at the front free endpaper and slight chip at bottom corner of the front cover, but is otherwise square and tight, with uncreased spine. ISBN 0521292352. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. PLEASE CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING for additional information, details or photos.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Slightly cocked with tight binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Wraps are generally age-darkened with light overall shelf wear. 271 pp. Special issue on the literary work of English dramatist Ben Jonson. 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 271 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Paperback. Good condition. One or two minor scores on covers. Spine is slightly cocked. Slight wear on spine ends and leading corners. Page block has one or two light marks. Text is clear throughout. AF. Used.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. 8vo. 634 pp. Original illustrated blue wrappers. Spinal creases else very good minus; contents unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FINCH, Peter (ed.). Issues 7 to 14. Cardiff: Peter Finch. c. 1969-71. Stapled wraps. 12mo. A nice middle-run of what remains a critical poetry magazine that published many poets of many forms and backgrounds in a time where poetry was dominated by a small group of publishers interested in white, male British poets only. What started as a small project to publish Welsh poets with the small funding from the Welsh Arts Council became a global hub for all underground poetry. Finch recalls by only a few issues his receiving calls, letters, and messages morning, noon, and night. The magazine ran for twenty-one issues with the first being a foolscap-sized mimeographed slim thing of six pages and 100 copies. This gradually expanded to the last issue which was a 268-page, perfectly bound offset-litho production. That first issue focused on Welsh poets but a huge number of poets contributed across its run, and quickly. Bribes were even offered (and rejected) to gain a place within its mighty yet humble halls. The collection here contains contributions from Pablo Neruda, Roger McGough, Edwin Morgan, Will Parfitt, Bob Cobbing, Iain Sinclair, George Dowden, J. P. Ward, Michael Horovitz, Charles Bukowski, Yukio Mishima, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Redgrove, Federico Garcia Lorca, and many, many more. Its pull for submission was its openness to theme and style. Finch felt poetry was inaccessible for many, since it was dominated by Cape, OUP, Faber, and Penguin. He said "much vital and important work was being ignored because it was regarded as too radical, too different, too difficult or was just simply misunderstood. What was needed was a common platform for all that was going on. I tried to provide that." The publication and its subsequent success stuck it to those publishers, and Second Aeon was hailed as the most important poetry magazine around. It ceased on a high, when Finch took a job with the Welsh Arts Council, a stipulation of which was for him to give up the mag. Of its 21 issues, the earlier ones are scarce - the majority of the second issue was burnt before distribution by contributor Jan Leslie Olsen, who had immediately found Christ after submitting his 'Devil poetry'. Complete sets do exist but are very scarce. The archive is held at The Fales Library & Special Collections in New York. Condition: Mostly very good or better. Some minor grubbiness, handling, tiny creases to corners, contents usually fine.…