Ted Hughes first editions

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; Publisher's red cloth-backed sage cloth sides, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket; an unusually fresh copy in the dust jacket.

Number 131 of a limited edition of 175, signed by the author; folio (30.4 x 24.2 cm); title in red and black, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, numbered prospectus loosely inserted; publisher's pictorial limp vellum, gilt, a little yellowed (as usual), top edge gilt, others uncut, original slip-case, small dent to one edge, otherwise very good, a near-fine copy.

First edition, sole impression, number 9 of 200 copies printed each signed by the author, inscribed by the poet; 8vo; publisher's japon backed patterned red boards, titles to upper board and spine in black; a fine copy.

Special edition, signed by the author, number 94 of 300 numbered copies, from a total edition of 310 (10 reserved for the author numbered i-x); 8vo; publisher's plain green boards, presented in matching slipcase, a bright and attractive copy.

Number 21 of 75 copies signed & numbered by the poet; broadside, 395 x 280 mm; title & imprint printed in red, illustration by the author, a little minor creasing; framed & glazed (560 x 430 mm).

First edition, inscribed to the poet's brother and sister-in law on the front free endpaper; 8vo (225 x 145 mm); publisher's blue cloth, illustrated dust-jacket after a painting by Frieda Hughes (the poet's daughter), very mild rubbing to extremities, otherwise near fine.

First edition, first impression, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; woodcut illustrations by Andrew Davidson; original boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed at corners, but otherwise a near fine copy.

First edition, first impression, trade issue; small 4to (255 x 215 mm.); photographic illustrations by Fay Godwin; original cloth-backed boards, photographic dust-jacket, price-clipped, a fine copy.

First edition, softcover issue, inscribed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; publisher's photographic wrappers, a very good copy.