Lot 533
Hughes, Ted
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
The hawk in the rain. London: Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition, [Sagar/Tabor A1a]; dustwrapper frayed and partly discoloured; [Idem] Lupercal. London: Faber & Faber, 1960. First edition, [Sagar/Tabor A3 a1], dustwrapper slightly spotted; [Idem] Meet my folks! London: Faber & Faber, 1961. First edition, original boards, [Sagar/Tabor A4a], dustwrapper spine slightly rubbed and faded; [Idem] The earth-owl and other moon-people. London: Faber & Faber, 1963. First edition, dustwrapper, a clean copy, [Sagar/Tabor A7]; [Idem] Wodwo. London: Faber & Faber, 1967. First edition, [Sagar/Tabor A12 a.1], dustwrapper worn with slight loss, tear & soiled; [Idem] Crow. London: Faber & Faber, 1970. First edition, [Sagar/Tabor A25 a.1], ownership inscription, dustwrapper torn with loss to lower wrapper; [Idem] A few crows. Exeter: Rougemont Press, 1970. FIrst edition, number 67 of 150 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Reiner Burger, dustwrapper, [Sagar/Tabor A24]; all original cloth except where noted (7)
Footnote
Note: A fine collection of Ted Hughes's first editions, including his first and second works.