First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with red titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents with the ownership name of James Booth (former Professor of English at the University of Hull and biographer, editor and former colleague of Philip Larkin) in pencil on the dedication page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly edge-creased original dustwrapper which has a barcode and a removed price label to the rear panel.
A volume dedicated to the poet and critic Ian Hamilton on his 60th birthday.
Stock code: 25138
£35