A FACSIMILIE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1827. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF (A PENCIL NOTE TO THE FEP SAYS BY ZAEHNDORF). INNER DENTELLES MARBLED ENDPAPERS. INSCRIPTION TO FEP. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS. THEN VERY CLEAN. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT VERY GOOD. A SCARCE ITEM.
SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. A HANDSOME SET BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. VERY SCARCE AS A SET AND IN THIS CONDITION. VOL. 1: POEMS AND BALLADS. VOL. 2: SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE. VOL. 3: POEMS AND BALLADS 2 AND 3. VOL. 4: TRISTRAM…VOL. 5: STUDIES IN SONG…VOL. 6: A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY…
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 86. SIGNED BY TED HUGHES AND THE ARTIST TONY BEVAN. DESIGNED AND PRINTED BY SEBASTIAN CARTER AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. PRINTED ON ARCHES VELLUM PAPER AND BOUND BY THE FINE BINDERY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. A FINE COPY WITH SMALL BUMPS TO ONE CORNER OF FRONT AND REAR BOARDS.
NEW EDITION VERY NICELY BOUND IN FULL GREEN LEATHER RAISED BANDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES GILT. CONTAINS TWO POEMS – FALL OF JERUSALEM 167 p.p. MARTYR OF ANTIOCH 168 p.p. TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN.
