About this title: Covering the years from 1939 to 1964, these poems represent Spender's personal selections from his previous volumes with, in some cases, alterations where he felt he could improve on an old composition.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Sixth Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good + in Very Good- jacket. Medium sized chip in upper dust jacket edge; light other edge wear and fading on dust jacket; a very nice copy of book with minor wear. 76 pages. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1976
Description: Very Good. Trade Paperback. Faint shelfwear on cover. Binding is tight with no spine lines. A few titles are highlighted. Very nice copy. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Random House, N. Y.
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. X-Library with normal flaws.....The hard cover and the jacket has light shelf wear. The top of the pages has moisture stain with ripple. Yellowing pages.......................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Edition: 1st paperback
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. 12mo. 80pp. Faber paper edition of this representative selection of Spender's poems, made by the poet himself; poems from early work, through the 1930's-40's, and later poems; this copy lightly rubbed/creased to covers, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good. 5th impression. Hardback, no dustwrapper-edges faded, wear to corners, spine cover missing. Internally clean and bright-no marks or inscriptions. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber
Date Published: 1975
Description: SIGNED: Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and bright text throughout. Some age tone to cover. Text crisp. Fully signed by the poet on the half title page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 1st softcover printing. Front cover lightly toned. Mild surface rubbing evident on back cover, a bit more pronounced along rear joint. One stray ink doodle on upper rear cover. Signed in blue ink by author on title page, without salutation or inscription. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: FABER AND FABER Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780571244799ISBN:0571244793
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 144 pages. Stephen spender, the son of a journalist, was born in london in 1909. his poetry has been praised for its exploratory candour, its personal approach to the stresses of modernity, and its exact portraiture of social and political upheaval. this selection offers a revaluation of spender's substantial poetic corpus. (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. 1965 Bibliography: p. 5. Commissioning organisation: by Stephen Spender. 76 p. 20 cm. Original boards. Very good copy in dulled and slightly edge worn yellow covers. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Keywords: Poetry Not a first edition copy. All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1942
Description: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Third impression (paperback). SIGNED and dated by the author. Additional, previous owner inscription, on half-title page, else near fine printed wraps in a very good (age toning) dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: FABER. LONDON 1940
Date Published: 1940
Description: Dust Jacket Included. A very good+ copy in a Vg. + priceclipped dj. (Boards heavily offset. Faint foxing at top edge. Endpapers lightly foxed. Traces of light shelfsoiling to dj. ) read more
Description: Good. Hardback. Keywords: Poetry and prose Not a first edition copy. All books in stock. We ship daily from our warehouse. Over 200, 000 customers served online! Our feedback reflects our service...."Fast delivery, great seller", "Fantastic, came right away and was in perfect condition--thanks! " read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Faber and Faber [1940].
Date Published: 1940
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped; spine faded; a little foxing at foredge). Very good. 76 pages. No signatures or bookplates. read more
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