Selected Poems
FAINLIGHT, Harry
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
First edition. Edited and Introduction by Ruth Fainlight. Memoir of Fainlight by Allen Ginsberg. Introductory poem "To Be Harry" by Ted Hughes. Jacket art by Ralph Steadman. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Little known, Harry was the brother of poet Ruth Fainlight, and a close friend of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. He was a loner, gay, a heavy drug user, and spent time in mental hospitals. Hughes tried to convince Fainlight to publish another collection but he refused. This posthumous collection was published by his sister. One of 1000 copies. Inscribed by Ruth Fainlight to the American poets Daniel Hoffman and Elizabeth McFarland. Seller Inventory # 417936
Bibliographic Details
Title: Selected Poems
Publisher: Turret Books, London
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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