John Clare: A Biography by BATE, JONATHAN

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003-11-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003-11-15. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x2x9. 2003; white paper covered boards with a white cloth spine and gold titles; matte illustrated paper jacket; wear around edges; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 648 pages. From the collection of John Shy, professor at University of Michigan

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Farr, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp.648 with index clean tight copy d/j top front right corner a 1" tear down edge and a diagonal crease

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Hardcover. xix, 648p. plus unpaginated acknowledgments; hardbound, the first American edition, handsomely bound in off-white cloth and boards and enclosed in a marvelously designed dust jacket showing subject Clare peeking out from a margin. Very faintest edgewear, a next to new copy: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked. Clare's life ended at "about" eighty years of age (birth records imperfect) in yet another mental hospital, sunk into himself; if roused, he might burst into obscenity.

New York. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2003. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/VG+ dj. Estate acquisition. One dog eared page else appears unread: no names or writings; no spine creasing. Jacket lightly scuffed/scratched o/w complete/clean. Meager edge creases, no tears. Octavo. Illustrated in b&w: Frontispiece. 16 pages of glossy plates + 11 facsimiles. xx. + 650pp. Appendix, Source Notes, Index. Cream boards, gilt lettered, white cloth back. First Edition, 2003 so stated. 1st Printing per print number line. NOT a remainder. Heavy Book: SHIPS USPS MEDIA MAIL IN A BOX.

Paperback. Very Good.

New York. 2003. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374179905. 650 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Quemadura. Jacket art: John Clare (detail), by William Hilton (1766-1839). keywords: Biography England Poetry Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - John Clare (1793-1864) is the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self, but until now he has never been the subject of a comprehensive literary biography. Here at last is his full story told by the light of his voluminous work: his birth in poverty, his work as an agricultural labourer, his burgeoning promise as a writer--cultivated under the gaze of rival patrons--then his moment of fame in the company of John Keats and the toast of literary London, and finally his decline into mental illness and his last years confined in asylums. Clare's ringing voice--quick-witted, passionate, vulnerable,… Read More