LARKIN, Philip.
Stock Code 106378
London, Faber and Faber, 1973
Originally, the collection comprised 31 items, numbered with Roman numerals. The last of these, 'The North Ship', is a set of five poems tracking a ship's northward progress. In the 1966 reissue an extra poem, 'Waiting for breakfast, while she brushed her hair' was added at the end (as here).
Later edition, signed by the author on the title-page; 8vo; 48pp with 32 poems; publisher's light blue limp paper wrappers, spine lightly browned, slight stain to lower wrapper, otherwise near-fine.
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