First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original laminated card covers. A fine copy, the binding firm and bright, the contents with a previous owner's signature are otherwise clean throughout. Laid in is a ticket to Tony Harrison's poetry reading at Austicks University Bookshop.
Signed and dated in black ink utilising the printed V. on the half title "Tony Harrison / No[V.]ember / 28 1985". Issued simultaneously in paperback and hardback. Laid in is a typed postcard from Tony Harrison to book designer and "Staple New Writing" literary magazine founder Bill Berrett, signed in black ink and postmarked Jan 1987 - "I've always thought the best thing I could do for 'poetry' is go on struggling to write it and that's why I prefer to concentrate on that exclusively rather than 'judge competitions' or do 'workshops'".
Stock code: 15218
£175