Seneca's Oedipus.
by HUGHES, Ted (adapts)
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- Hardcover
- first
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber & Faber, London., 1969. First edition. Wrappered edition - issued simultaneously with the hardback. Introduction by David Anthony Turner. Octavo. 55 pages. Wrappers with flaps.Presentation copy, inscribed by Ted Hughes on the half-title page: ''Ted Hughes Jan 6th 1970 [Ex libris R.L.S. with love from R.L.S.] To Professor Sedgewick from his hidden neighbour - Since Oedipus tore out his eyes/How much we have enjoyed his cries/And all the associated diverse mythological and crazy lies.'' The significance of the section in square brackets is a mystery. Robert Louis Stevenson? Restless Legs Syndrome?Spine slightly rubbed. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HUGHESTE014975
- Title
- Seneca's Oedipus.
- Author
- HUGHES, Ted (adapts)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, London.
- Date Published
- 1969
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