Philip Larkin by Motion Andrew (179 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.

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Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). 1750278918. 6/18/2025 8:35:18 PM.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1986 reprint of a 1982 title. Original pictorial wrappers fine. Pages lightly browned at the edges, internally very clean & tight. No inscriptions. 92 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Uninscribed. As new but paper browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2008 The Guardian/Faber and Faber first edition paperback, 22-page slim format stapled booklet, Great poets of the 20th century no 4 in a series of 7; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Pictorial Card Covers. Condition: V G. First U.S Edn. 570pp Plates. Ink name and address label on fr. fly. Small corner crease. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. no inscriptions; uncreased card covers.

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A number of black and white photographs throughout, clean, bright and tight. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1993). This is a true first edition, first printing (the print line reads: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Book in very good condition, in a good unclipped dust jacket. The book has minor bumping to the spine ends, and slight ageing to the page edges. The dust jacket shows some general wear, especially to the extremities, notably with a closed tear and slight loss to the bottom of the back panel. Overall a very good, tight copy. (See pictures). This is the biography of one of the most popular English poets of the century, and also one of the most private.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, First printing. A very good book, in a very good DW. "Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life is an intimate and compelling portrait of Larkin by his literary executor and close friend, former poet laureate Andrew Motion.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the UK edition. 8vo. xx, 570pp. Quarter cloth with speckled paper-covered board, lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. With fifty-five captioned photographs. A short series of numerals inked to the base of the front pastedown, and obscured by the wrapper flap, else a fine copy in virtually fine dust wrapper, marred by a trace of chafing to the spine panel ends and a little light dust soiling to the predominantly white rear panel.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy. 80pp. Includes a birthday tribute to Philip Larkin with contributions by Fay Godwin, Harold Pinter, Gavin Ewart & A. N. Wilson. Book.

Cloth with dustjacket, 24 cm, 570 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0571151744.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Faber, 1993. Very good in d/w.

First Edition, first impression. Publisher's card covers. Now in a clear, removable, archival protective sleeve. Octavo. pp. 96. A book in the Contemporary Writers series, with Malcolm Bradbury and Christopher Bigsby as General Editors. A book in Very Good condition with tanning to the page edges.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xx + 570pp, illus, VG+.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Light rubbing along panel edges. ; 135 X 40 X 215 millimeters; 624 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. With the 'A' on the copyright page. The definitive biography of the British poet. Excellent bibliography, including of Larkin's publications. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

First American edn. 8vo, pp. xx, 570. Notes, index. Illustrated. Top edges slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in dj.; Larkin was one of the most popular English poets of the 20th century.

Folded Sheets. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Appeal leaflet printed on front & rear but blank within. Front cover of the programme shows Larkin cycling through a graveyard + lists the poems read along with Garland's intro & Motion's recollections of being at Hulll with Larkin. Flyer with picture of Bates a little foxed. Book.

First edition. 92 pp w/notes & bibliography. Near fine in printed wrappers.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 570pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st U.S. ed. Signed by Andrew Motion on a sticker affixed to the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Fifty-five captioned photographs augment this fine and accessible biography of the American poet, Philip Larkin. Black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn panels but with slight upper-edge wear and chipping to spine head. xx [1], 3-569 pp. and including notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Faber & Faber, London 1993. xx, 570 pp. Publisher's cloth with d/w. Owner signature. Fine condition.