Introduction by Philip Larkin (12 results)

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

First edition As new and bright pictorial stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. First printing.

First edition Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Gift quality and handsome all around.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. No d/w. 6th Edition Revised and Enlarged. 149pp; Short-Title Catalogue; Compiled with a postscript by BARKER, JONATHAN; Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 5th or later Edition. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. 1981. 6th Revised edition. Paperback.149 pages with portrait frontispiece,Absolute minor shelfwear but this is A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiii, 256 pp.

HARDCOVER. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. "FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING 1989" ON COPYRIGHT PAGE / CO-PUBLISHED WTIH "THE MARVEL PRESS" BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.…

First edition. 11.5 x 11.25 inches. 155 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards. "Published to accompany Damien Hirst's exhibition of butterfly paintings at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles in February 2007, "Superstition" is a visually stunning book that confirms Hirst's reputation as one of the most significant visual thinkers of his generation. Using 'High Windows', the last published volume of poems by Philip Larkin, as a point of reference to focus on the business of death and love, the 'baroque and lavish fractals' of Hirst's paintings have a direct and clear poetry of their own, making Superstition a grand and tender body of work: 'Larkin would probably have seen straight away the point of Hirst's butterflies, these most evanescent of nature's creatures, trapped here in their thousands under glass, their bright day done yet glowing still in death.' "Superstition" includes over 30 exquisite full colour plates of the butterfly paintings, as well as reproductions of details and installation shots, providing a curatorial insight into this magnificent body of paintings. In addition to the wonderfully rich plates "Superstition" reproduces 6 of Philip Larkin's poems, a commentary by Richard Bradford, and an erudite introduction by John Banville: 'Death informs our every aspiration, our every hope, and stands at the end of every turn we take, the iron gate that will open just for us. As someone has said of the novel, having a happy ending depends on where you stop" (the publisher). A near fine copy.…

, title page, [iv], [18 pages], SIGNED by John Betjeman, John Piper, Phillida gili & Gynn Boyd Harte at rear, Lana cotton rag paper, bound by Clare Skelton Limited Edition of 80 signed copies, this being No. 45 , book in near fine condition , dust-jacket slightly faded at edges and with minor tear at top edge, in very good condition , red cloth spine, with printed pink boards 25 x 14 cm Hardback SIGNED by John Betjeman, John Piper, Phillida gili & Gynn Boyd Harte ISBN: 950596981.…

Single leaf, twice folded. First Edition, Variant Issue. One crease, otherwise a very nice copy This issue did not have the list of exhibitors stapled in and Larkin's text is set on the inside middle and end wrapper, rather than on the inside front and middle wrapper as called for by Bloomfield B11.