ID: 1576
The Less Deceived.
LARKIN, Philip

Category: First Edition, Poetry

Place/Publisher/Date:
Hessle, The Marvell Press. 1955.

Description: First edition; first impression, first state; 8vo; original yellow-green cloth lettered down the spine in gold and original dust jacket of light grey red printed in green and black, with price given as 6s. The first impression consisted of 700 copies of which 300 were bound. From these 300 bound copies were dispatched to the 120 or so subscribers and the remainder were sold. This copy has the flat spine, the misprint 'floor' for 'sea' in the first line of the poem 'Absences' on p.38 and the list of subscribers on pp 44-45. Fine, with corners slightly bumped and some very light off setting to end papers. The dust jacket is fine, slightly faded to the spine and a little wear to the top of the spine. A very nice copy of a scarce book rarely found in such condition.

Price £825.00 ()