Cave Birds
by Ted Hughes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York : The Viking Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 11". Leonard Baskin. A first American edition of this poetry collection from Ted Hughes, with illustrations. A first American edition copy. Cave Birds, an Alchemical Cave drama is a collection of poems by Ted Hughes with drawings by Leonard Baskin. Ted Hughes was an English poet and is frequently ranked as one of the best poets of his generation and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984. With many in-text illustrations. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with a small tear to the front wrap bottom extremity. Near Fine
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 854B77
- Title
- Cave Birds
- Author
- Ted Hughes
- Illustrator
- Leonard Baskin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 9" by 11"
- Keywords
- Cave Birds Ted Hughes poetry Ted Hughes
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...