SEASONS SONGS; pictures by Leonard Baskin

HUGHES, Ted

ISBN 10: 0670627259 / ISBN 13: 9780670627257

Published by Viking Press, NY, 1975

About this Item

Quarto, pp. 79. Eleven full-page and three double-page colour reproductions of watercolours by Leonard Baskin, by whom there are also two black and white drawings, one full-page and one double-page. A fine copy in near fine dj. Bookseller Inventory # 52078

Bibliographic Details

Title: SEASONS SONGS; pictures by Leonard Baskin

Publisher: Viking Press, NY

Publication Date: 1975

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

A collection of twenty-eight poems grouped to represent the four seasons.

About the Author:

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.