245 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket (which has been laminated). First edition. A fine copy--but the dust jacket is price-clipped and has been laminated.
First Edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Index. Few lght spots of foxing to fore-edge, V.g. in slightly tanned dustwrapper slightly rubbed with a couple of minor nicks head of spine.
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
5-1/2" x 8-1/8", 245pp incl. front matter. Sewn binding in blue-black cloth-covered boards. Boards are lightly faded at edges, and corners as well as both ends of spine are gently bumped and worn. Jacket is age discoloured and edge worn, with several small chips at the top and base of spine and adjacent folds. Jacket is intact, with previous bookseller's knock-down price (9/-) written in pencil over printed 18s price. Jacket is now protected in mylar. Binding is square and tight. Minor moisture spotting, age discoloration on top edge of book block. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked.
First Edition. A clean, tight copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping. Light wear to the edges. Minor wear and tanning. Previous owner signature. Clothbound in black with the title in gold to the spine. First edition; 1957. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
245pp. Black cloth boards w gilt title to spine in dust-jacket w v minor foxing to top RH corner of front panel and v light fading to edges but otherwise clean and intact. Interior very good. Tight and bright, a very nice copy.
London, Faber, 1957. Octavo; cloth; an excellent copy in the slightly rubbed dustwrapper a little sunned about the spine. With a contemporary review (from the New Statesman) loosely inserted.
First American edition. Octavo. 245pp. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Although, not stated poet Francis Golffing's extensive pencil annotations on the front fly along with another's penned name and date and small bookstore label, light foxing on endpapers, cloth is moderately soiled with front board slightly bowed a bit, about very good lacking the dust jacket.
In near fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Dark blue boards a little faded at foot of spine, but otherwise in smart condition. VG unclipped d/j, worn at head and foot of spine with minor loss. A very nice copy. This is a charity sale for Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 245pp
FIRST EDITION, pp. 245, crown 8vo, original black cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a few very faint spots to edges, faint partial browning and a few spots to free endpapers, dustjacket a little browned and frayed, good. Inscribed by the author on the title-page: 'For John Baxter, from George Barker'. Laid in is a 2pp. typed letter from the author to a 'Maureen Ebbie', consenting for her to use 'Italian Letter' in her 'New Poems' anthology but not able to provide a copy as he does not have one (likewise, he mentions, another poem previously sent, which 'if they do not propose to use it [.] I should like returned to me'; on the following page he offers a short autobiographical summary, describing his route from Marlborough Road School to Tokyo then America and a period of extensive travel following his marriage, up to the present where he lives 'in a woodcutters cottage and intend[s] to stay there for ever' (these details putting it roughly contemporary with the book). A notable aspect of this collection is the stated omission of his 'True Confession', which, a note at the end of the Contents states, 'Mr. Barker wished to include in this volume, [but which] has been omitted at the publishers' request'. Eliot's distaste for this work, published by Fore in 1950, is known.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('George Barker for Mike'). Edges faintly foxed, tiny ink number on jacket spine base, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped but list price still present. 1957 Hard Cover. 245, [1] pp. 8vo. Barker was part of the New Apocalyptics movement, and his affair with Elizabeth Smart inspired her novel By Grand Central Station. "This volume will make possible a proper assessment of the scope and stature of Mr. Barker's work as a whole. For more than twenty years his poetry has been one of the most interesting and most remarkable features of the literary scene; and a collection of his work is, we feel, not only timely but overdue. The poems have been chosen and arranged by Mr. Barker himself.
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uncorrected proof: Released prior to the general release, and prior to final editing, generally plainly bound and distributed for promotional purposes.