SENECA'S OEDIPUS (First edition - first printing - wrappers issue)

Seneca (Adapted by Ted Hughes)

ISBN 10: 0571092233 / ISBN 13: 9780571092239

Published by Faber and Faber, 24, Russell Square, London WC1, 1969

About this Item

First printing of the true first edition - wrappers issue. There was also a scarcer hardback issue, aimed mainly at libraries. Dustwrapper photograph of Irene Worth and Sir John Gielgud by Zoe Dominic. ***Very good in illustrated paper wrappers over plain white inner card covers. The wrappers are integral and glued at the spine as published. Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly marked. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In an integral outer black and white illustrated paper wrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's dual price of 6s/£0.30 net. The wrapper is slightly discoloured (in the white areas). No creases or tears. ***55 pages. 200mm x 120mm. ***'Ted Hughes' English adaption of Seneca's Oedipus is a work of immense force and power. When first performed by the National Theatre Company in 1968 it was an electrifying success.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the paper wrapperr) ***A first printing of the true first edition, in the original outer wrapper, in very nice collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SENECA'S OEDIPUS (First edition - first printing - wrappers issue)
• Publisher: Faber and Faber, 24, Russell Square, London WC1
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571092233
• ISBN 13: 9780571092239
• Binding: Original Wraps
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • First Editions
  • Collectable Paperbacks

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Synopsis

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 (1997) and birthday letters (1998) he was poet laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the order of merit

About the Author

Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. His father made portable wooden buildings. The family moved to Mexborough, a coal-mining town in South Yorkshire, when Hughes was seven. His parents took over a newsagent and tobacconist shop, and eventually he went to the local grammar school.

In 1948 Hughes won an Open Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Before going there, he served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force. Between leaving Cambridge and becoming a teacher, he worked at various jobs, finally as a script-reader for Rank at their Pinewood Studios.

In 1956 Hughes married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who died in 1963, and they had two children. He remarried in 1970. He was awarded the OBE in 1977, created Poet Laureate in December 1984 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998. He died in October 1998.

Ted Hughes's first book, The Hawk in the Rain,, was published by Faber in 1957. He published poetry, fiction and prose for both adults and children, as well as acclaimed translations. He also edited a number of poetry anthologies, including (with Seamus Heaney) The Rattle Bag and The School Bag. He won many awards including First Prize in the Guinness Poetry Awards in 1958, the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1974 and the Guardian's Children's Fiction Award in 1985. In 1997 he won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for Tales from Ovid, and repeated this success the following year with Birthday Letters, which was also awarded both the T. S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize for Best Collection of Poetry, and named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.