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Cave Birds: An Alchemical Cave Drama
by Ted Hughes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 11.5". Leonard Baskin. A smart first edition of this intense collaboration from Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-seven full-page images. Collated complete. A collection of poetry including: After the first fright, The accused, A riddle, The scapegoat, The owl flower, and many others. Written by Edward James Hughes, an English poet, translator, and children's writer who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin, an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as a founder of the Gehenna Press. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light chipping resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896T1
- Title
- Cave Birds: An Alchemical Cave Drama
- Author
- Ted Hughes
- Illustrator
- Leonard Baskin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 9" by 11.5"
- Keywords
- Cave Birds Alchemical Drama Birds Baskin
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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