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The Hawk in the Rain

by HUGHES (Ted)

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HUGHES (Ted)
The Hawk in the Rain
First Edition. Faber, 1957. Some very light spotting to endpapers and edges o/w an exceptionally bright, clean copy with one minute closed tear at foot of upper panel and slight lightening of colour on spine IN THE WRAP AROUND BAND declaring it The Choice of the Poetry Book Society.
£ 450.00    Ref: 566820
Added: June 27, 2008
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Other books by HUGHES (Ted)

HUGHES (Ted)
1: A Battle; a poem
in Outposts No 74. Autumn, 1967. Wrappers. Very good. [Also: Edwun Brock, Alex Comfort, William Plomer and others]
£ 12.00    Ref: 569368
Added: March 28, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
2: A Crow Hymn; a poem.
LIMITED EDITION OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES, this copy unnumbered. Sceptre Press, 1970. Wrappers. Spine a little tanned o/w very good.
£ 110.00    Ref: 565142
Added: June 12, 2007
HUGHES (Ted)
3: Birthday Letters
First Edition. Faber, 1998. Very good in d/w.
£ 15.00    Ref: 3718
Added: August 23, 2006
HUGHES (Ted)
4: Collected Poems
Faber: 2003
First Edition. 1333pp. Fine in d/w. (Published at 40 pounds)
£ 25.00    Ref: 2416
Added: August 23, 2006
HUGHES (Ted)
5: Earth-moon; [poems]
Illustrated by the author. Small 4to. LIMITED EDITION OF 226 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Rainbow Press, 1976. Full blue calf with silver gilt design on upper cover. Very good indeed in slip case.
£ 185.00    Ref: 570009
Added: August 03, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
6: Four Tales told by an Idiot; a poem.
LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES (from an edition of 450). Sceptre Press, 1979. Wrappers. Very good.
£ 15.00    Ref: 565141
Added: June 12, 2007
HUGHES (Ted)
7: Gaudete
First Edition. Faber, 1977. Near fine in un price-clipped d/w.
£ 20.00    Ref: 570093
Added: August 05, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
8: Henry Williamson.
Printed by Rampant Lions Press for Rainbow Press: 1979
LIMITED EDITION OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Wrappers. Fine.
£ 120.00    Ref: 564519
Added: December 31, 2006
HUGHES (Ted)
9: Historian
in Encounter 70 July 1959, Vol XIII No1[also L.Woolf, C.P.Snow, V.Watkins, R.West]
£ 5.00    Ref: 569769
Added: July 02, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
10: Lines about Elias; a poem for Thom Gunn
in PN Review Vol 16, No 2. 1989. 'Thom Gunn at Sixty' issue. Folio. Wrappers. Very good. [Also: John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Michael Schmidt, Donald Davie, Vikram Seth, Timothy Steele and others]
£ 10.00    Ref: 569382
Added: March 28, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
11: Mount Zion (a poem)
in Encounter December 1977. Wrappers. Slight tear in front cover otherwise fine [alsoW.Trevor, Y.Menuhin].
£ 5.00    Ref: 570149
Added: August 07, 2010
HUGHES (Ted)
12: Oedipus by Seneca
Adapted by Hughes. Pre-publication film script differing slightly from the published version. Roneo script. Wrappers with window on upper panel. Very good. SCARCE.
£ 150.00    Ref: 566836
Added: June 27, 2008
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
13: Poems
LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY ALL THREE POETS. Rainbow Press, 1971. Original green calf with elaborate gilt decoration to upper cover. Very good indeed in original calf slipcase.
£ 145.00    Ref: 569075
Added: December 22, 2009
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
14: Remains of Elmet
4to. LIMITED EDITION OF 180 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Photographs by Fay Godwin. Rainbow Press, 1979. Cloth backed marbled paper covered boards. Fine in folding cloth box lettered in gilt on spine.
£ 400.00    Ref: 569877
Added: July 30, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
15: Season Songs
First Edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Peter - a mixed bag / as in rivers, some fish, some frogs/ Greetings from Carol & Ted /June 4 1976'.Faber, 1976. Very good in slightly browned d/w designed by Leonard Baskin.
£ 165.00    Ref: 566515
Added: April 03, 2008
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
16: Tales of the Early World
First Edition. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Faber, 1988. Company stamp on end paper. Evidence of removal of label on fly leaf o/w fine in d/w.
£ 18.00    Ref: 569260
Added: February 17, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
17: The Black Rhino; a long poem
in Antaeus No 60. Spring, 1988. Wrappers. Very good. [Also: Seamus Heaney, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Porter, Douglas Dunn, Tom Paulin,. Ken Smith, John Montague, Dannie Abse, Edwin Morgan, Wendy Cope, F.G.Lorca and others]
£ 10.00    Ref: 570217
Added: August 12, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
18: The Burning of the Brothel.
Turret Books,: 1966
LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES, this copy unnumbered. 4to. Wrappers. Very good indeed.
£ 45.00    Ref: 564520
Added: December 31, 2006
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
19: The Cat and the Cuckoo
First Edition. Illustrated in colour by R.J.Lloyd. 1987. Fine in d/w.
£ 15.00    Ref: 569612
Added: June 16, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
20: The Iron Woman
First Edition. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Faber, 1993. Very good in d/w a little rubbed and creased at head and foot of spine.
£ 18.00    Ref: 569261
Added: February 17, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
21: The Poetry of Vasco Popa
in The Critical Survey Vol 2, No 4. Summer, 1966. Wrappers. Very good
£ 10.00    Ref: 569375
Added: March 28, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
22: The Rain Horse
in London Magazine Vol 7, No 2. February, 1960. Wrappers. Very good. [Also: Robert Graves, David Caute, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings, Alex Comfort and others]
£ 7.50    Ref: 568586
Added: April 11, 2009
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
23: Thrushes (poem)
in Encounter 54, March 1958.Wrappers. Fine [also K.Tynan, S.Spender].
£ 5.00    Ref: 570157
Added: August 07, 2010
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
24: Two Poems
in Poetry Supplement, compiled by Douglas Dunn. Christmas, 1979. Wrappers. Fine. [Also: C.Logue, M.Longley, P.Muldoon, T.Paulin, P.Porter and many others]
£ 8.50    Ref: 566873
Added: September 04, 2008
HUGHES (Ted) and SILLITOE (Alan)
25: X; a poem
in Poetry Supplement for the Poetry Book Society. Christmas, 1975. Edited by Dannie Abse. Wrappers. Fine. [Also: Iain Crichton Smith, Lleslie Norris, Thomas Blackburn and many others]
£ 7.50    Ref: 569240
Added: February 16, 2010