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First edition, first impression - the first collected edition, including previously unpublished work.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.

Seller Inventory # M634

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

One of the best-known, best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Larkin had a relatively small number of poems published during his lifetime. This Collected Poems, which J. D. McClatchy called "a fascinating and indispensable text" in The New York Times Book Review, brings together not only all of Larkin's published verseâ The North Ship (1945), the pamphlet of XX Poems (1953), The Less Deceived (1955), The Whitsun Weddings (1964), and High Windows (1974)â but also a vast selection of his uncollected poetry. A brief Introduction by Anthony Thwaite illuminates both the life and verse of this highly perceptive and deeply acerbic poet, a dour yet witty soul whose brilliant writings so often suggest an ongoing conflict between the traditional and the modern.

About the Author

Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Diary, and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985.