Poems for Alan Hancox:

(Whittington Press.) HEANEY (Seamus), Ted Hughes, et al.

Poems for Alan Hancox:

Melvyn Bragg [Introduction], D.J. Enright, U.A. Fanthorpe, Michael Foot [Postscript], Duncan Forbes, John Fuller, Seamus Heaney, Michael Horovitz, Ted Hughes, Adrian Mitchell, Jenny Joseph, P.J. Kavanagh, Laurie Lee, Peter Levi, Brian Patten, Lawrence Sail, Jon Silkin, Jon Stallworthy, Charles Tomlinson.

Description: FIRST EDITION, I/50 DE LUXE COPIES (from an edition of 350 copies) printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper and signed by each of the contributors on the half-title verso, 2 cinnamon wood-engravings on the title-page by Miriam Macgregor, separate proof pulls of both of the wood-engravings (printed in black), signed in pencil by Miriam Macgregor and loosely inserted in a pocket on the rear pastedown, pp.[41], imperial 8vo, original quarter mid brown crushed morocco, backstrip gilt lettered, pink boards with overall design of vertical decorative lines, t.e.g., others untrimmed, cloth and board slipcase, fine

Publication Details: Risbury: The Whittington Press, 1993

Notes: Heaney's contribution is 'A Sofa in the Forties' (subsequently collected in 'The Spirit Level'); Ted Hughes's, 'The Bear' - both have signed along with the other contributors; these special copies, this copy number one and from the collection of its editor Alan Tucker, also with signed copies of the Miriam Macgregor wood-engravings.

Bibliography: (Brandes & Durkan B193)

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Price: £650

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1993

Stock Number: 73835

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