Hughes (Ted) Selected Poems 1957-1967
£375
London, Faber & Faber, 1972.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, with author’s autograph additions in the text. 8vo. Original wrappers.
Inscribed on the half-title, ‘To Rosemary from Ted’. Presumably Rosemary Goad, the first woman to become a director of Faber & Faber, who worked closely with Hughes.
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Some minor rubbing and sunning to extremities, overall a very good copy.
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