The Hawk in the Rain by Ted Hughes | First Edition (UK) | 1957
$ 317.81
Description
Title | The Hawk In The Rain Author | Ted Hughes Publisher | Faber & Faber Year | 1957 Country | United Kingdom Edition | First Edition/First Impression (UK) Binding | Hardback Attributes | First Edition, Dust Jacket. Hardback Condition | Good Dust Jacket Condition | Good | BOOK CONDITION | The original dust jacket is clean with minor wear along top and tail of dust jacket, however light foxing to front and rear panel/s and front and rear flap/s. It has not been price clipped and displays the original price tag of ’10s 6d net’. The book contains the original promotional book band from the time of launch stating ’The Choice of the POETRY BOOK SOCIETY’, however it has a visible tear on the front left and front right which has been previously repaired. In addition, the book contains the Poetry Books Society Bulletin from September 1957 and the Poetry Supplement from Christmas 1957. The exterior boards are clean with minor wear along top and tail of spine, however yellow marks visible on front and rear board panel. Spine is straight and is tightly bound. The interior papered boards and inner pages have visible foxing. No spillage, marking or underlining within text. Outer edges of text block have visible foxing on top, side and bottom edges. Blue covered hard boards with yellow lettering. Please make reference to attached images on listing. Overall the book is in good condition and would make a great addition to a Ted Hughes collection. | THE HAWK IN THE RAIN STORYLINE | The Hawk in the Rain is a collection of 40 poems by the British poet Ted Hughes. Published by Faber and Faber in 1957, it was Hughes's first book of poetry. The book received immediate acclaim in both England and America, where it won the Galbraith Prize.[1] Many of the book's poems imagine the real and symbolic lives of animals, including a fox, a jaguar, and the eponymous hawk.[1] Other poems focus on erotic relationships, and on stories of the First World War, Hughes's father being a survivor of Gallipoli. The book, dedicated to Hughes' first wife Sylvia Plath. Plath considered her husband's poetry ".. the most rich and powerful since that of Yeats and Dylan Thomas". She had typed out almost all his poems and submitted them, in this collection, to a competition for a first book of poems being run by the Poetry Centre of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of New York. In February 1957 the judges, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Marianne Moore, awarded the first prize (publication by Harper and Row) to Hughes. Marianne Moore wrote: "Hughes's talent is unmistakable, the work has focus, is aglow with feeling, with conscience; sensibility is awake, embodied in appropriate diction." Published in 1957, Hawk in the Rain was Ted Hughes's first collection of poems. It won the New York Poetry Centre First Publication Award, for which the judges were W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Marianne Moore, and the Somerset Maugham Award, and it was critically acclaimed by every reviewer from A. Alvarez to Edwin Muir. When Robin Skelton wrote, 'All looking for the emergence of a major poet must buy it', he was right to see in it the promise of what many now regard as the most important body of work by any poet of the twentieth century. | SELLERS INFORMATION | All books will be securely packaged and shipped with care. Purchases over £100 will be sent via tracked delivery and purchases over £500 will require a signature upon delivery. Postage can be shared between multiple items, so please take a look at the other items for sale. Our packaging, with the exception of our sticker, is 100% compostable and biodegradable. Our book wrap is a safe, environmentally friendly cardboard that is Forest Stewardship Council certified. Our paper bubble wrap is an eco friendly alternative and is made from recycled paper. Any questions or queries please do not hesitate to get in contact. Kind regards, Endpaper Books 📚
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