Poetry from Arrygarrybooks

New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2000. Book tight and bright (and thin!), no inscriptions or other markings. Dustwrapper unclipped, seems a bit grubby to the front and back, but only minimal edgewear.

London, Anvil, 1991. First edition, first printing. Book tight and bright, no inscriptions, some dust marks to the top of the book. Dustwrapper unclipped, bright, only a little edgewear. A dazzling line-up of poets with unspellable names, howling about unspeakable things. Mainly unread.

New York, Totem Press/Corinth Books, 1961. First edition, first printing. Inside and outside of front and back cover foxed. The rest okay, smells a bit of second hand bookshops, though it's certainly been in my possession since 1980. There's a crossed out inscription to the title page, replaced by my name and the number 12. That makes this the 12th… Read more about this item

New York, Cherry Valley Editions, 1978. Been in my possession since the early 1980's, (sadly it has my name inscribed in to the top of the title page - plus the number 121). Not sure how the cover has become so foxed (see image). Clean and bright inside.

London, Faber and Faber, 2000. First edition, first printing. Book is unread. (It was a present to me, on publication, and I never got around to it). Tight, bright, no inscriptions, the faintest of dust-markings to the top of the book, the dustwrapper with the slightest of shelfwear. .

London, Faber and Faber, 1997. Book tight, no inscriptions or other markings. Dustwrapper unclipped, slight fading to the spine, quite scuffed and worn, tiny tear to the front top left cover and other edgewear.

London, Faber and Faber, 2007. First edition, first impression. Book tight and clean - looks unread. Dustwrapper unclipped, sadly what looks like a coffee stain to the top of the front cover.

London, Viking, 1986. First edition, first impression. Book tight and clean, no inscriptions, pages yellowing at the edges. Dustwrapper not clipped, a 1 inch tear to the bottom front spine and some lower creases and other edgewear.

London, Faber and Faber, 2000. First edition, first printing. Looks unread. Bright, tight, no inscriptions, Dustwrapper unclipped, only minimal shelfwear.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1988. First edition, first printing. Book tight, no inscriptions, some foxing to the top of the book. Dustwrapper, clipped, a price sticker to the back cover, some edgewear and a tiny bit grubby. There's a review of the book from The Times, dated 5th June 1988 laid-in.

London, Hutchinson, 2005. First edition, first impression. Book tight and bright, no inscriptions. Dustwrapper not clipped, some edgewear, and some grubby markings, the one on the front possibly a coffee stain. I can take or leave his other books, but this is a brilliant thing. A great present for anyone with poetic aspirations.

London, Chatto and Windus, 1988. First edition, first printing. Book, foxing to top of book and inscription on front end papers, to me. Pages yellowing. Dustwrapper a bit grubby and some edgewear.

London, Virago, 2008. First edition, first printing. No CD, I'm afraid. Book looks unread, and as new

Cambridge UK, Salt, 2006. First edition, first impression. Paperback. As new, bought by me, read once, and on my shelves ever since. A must-have for anyone thinking of publishing their poems, especially if, having read it, you decide not to.

London, Chatto and Windus, 1988. First edition, first printed. Signed by the author to the title page. Book tight, no inscriptions. Dustwrapper unclipped and only minimal shelf-wear. The author herself sold me this book (and a few others) some years ago when she was living in Hastings. A friend subsequently bought her house and is restoring it to its… Read more about this item

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1964. First edition, first printing. The 1964 edition, not the 1969. Book tight, A crossed out inscription to the front end paper. Dustwrapper in very good condition, except for a thumb-sized piece missing from the top back cover and a one inch tear to the front bottom, also price-clipped.

London, Ferrington, 2002. Paperback. Read once, and on my shelves ever since. There is a hardback copy I believe, though as this is only 44 pages long, it's a slim one. An interesting take on Plath's last days by a close friend at that time.

Cargo Press, 1999. First edition, limited edition. A Festschrift for Ian Hamilton's sixtieth birthday, edited by D Harsent. Copy looks unread. Contributors include Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Douglas Dunn, Clive James, Blake Morrison, Andrew Motion, Harold Pinter, Craig Raine and many more.

London, Methuen, 1984. Edited by Susannah York and Bill Bachle. Fold out centrefold art by Gerald Scarfe. Book, previous owner's inscription on front end paper (mine, sorry!|). Some shelf-wear and some dust marks to top of book.

London, Macmillan, 1968. Uncorrected Proof Copy in advance of the first edition. Softcover. Looks unread, sadly. A nice copy, tight and clean, but very much faded. There must still be Sillitoe collectors out there, at least I hope there are. Personally, his great novels will be some of the last I sell from my own collection. His poetry, well, not… Read more about this item