Collected Poems (First Printing)

Philip Larkin

ISBN 10: 0571151965 / ISBN 13: 9780571151967

Published by The Marvell Press & Faber and Faber, 1988

About this Item

First edition, first impression - the first collected edition, including previously unpublished work. Near Fine+: tight and square binding in sharp olive-green cloth; a touch of rubbing to the heel of the spine; a few tiny and barely perceptible spots to the top-edge of the page block (only); else bright and clean, presenting as unread. The unclipped first-state dustwrapper is Near Fine: crisp and vibrant; a little wrinkling to the heel of the spine and the merest trace of toning to the spine; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems (First Printing)
• Publisher: The Marvell Press & Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571151965
• ISBN 13: 9780571151967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Physical description; xxvii, 330 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Title page verso. Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320). Contents; Poems, 1946-83 -- Early poems, 1938-45. Subjects; Larkin, Philip. 1900-1999. English poetry 20th century. English poetry. Poetry in English, 1945- - Texts.

Review

"More often than any other English poet since the war, Larkin gave us lines that it is unlikely we'll be able to forget." --Ian Hamilton, "The Times "(London)
"Larkin is resolute, forthright, witty, and gloomy. This is the man who famously said that deprivation was for him what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Yet surely the results of this life, in the shape of his poems, are gifts, not deprivations." --Donald Hall, "The New Criterion"

More often than any other English poet since the war, Larkin gave us lines that it is unlikely we'll be able to forget. "Ian Hamilton, The Times (London)"

Larkin is resolute, forthright, witty, and gloomy. This is the man who famously said that deprivation was for him what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Yet surely the results of this life, in the shape of his poems, are gifts, not deprivations. "Donald Hall, The New Criterion""

More often than any other English poet since the war, Larkin gave us lines that it is unlikely we'll be able to forget. Ian Hamilton, The Times (London)

Larkin is resolute, forthright, witty, and gloomy. This is the man who famously said that deprivation was for him what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Yet surely the results of this life, in the shape of his poems, are gifts, not deprivations. Donald Hall, The New Criterion

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"More often than any other English poet since the war, Larkin gave us lines that it is unlikely we'll be able to forget." --Ian Hamilton, The Times (London)

"Larkin is resolute, forthright, witty, and gloomy. This is the man who famously said that deprivation was for him what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Yet surely the results of this life, in the shape of his poems, are gifts, not deprivations." --Donald Hall, The New Criterion