The Image of the Poet British Poets and their Portraits

PIPER, David

Published by Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1982

About this Item

[Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.xxii; 219 [3]. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the illustrated grey dust-jacket, priced at £17.50. A touch of light handling, and pencil ownership of William St Clair to fly-leaf. Near fine. Answering some of the most pondered questions around poets such as, 'What does a poet look like?' and 'What to poets think they ought to look like?'. Ex Libris Professor William St Clair (1937-2021), British historian and senior research fellow at the Institute of English Studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Image of the Poet British Poets and their Portraits
• Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry & Drama