Mercian Hymns

London : André Deutsch, (1971). First edition : the rare hardback issue. The winner of the inaugural Whitbread Award for Poetry. A collection of thirty "prose-hymns", all previously unpublished, with notes on King Offa, etc., and an introduction by C. H. Sisson. "These brilliantly exact verbal organizations are typical of the book: the activities of Mercia - coining, hammering, carving… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch. 1971. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original orange and black card covers. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities lightly rubbed and toned. The contents, with a little spotting to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's… Read more about this item

(London): Andre Deutsch, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. A few pages with light foxing near the spine, text block edges slightly foxed, bottom corner frayed, very good. Thirty hymns loosely built on the historical figure of King Offa of Mercia.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. First Edition. Very good. Softcover : pp. (2, blank) 42 (2, blank) : illustrated covers in orange, black and white : The Poetry Book Society Bulletin No.69 Summer 1971 loosely laid in. Corners slightly curled. "Known as one of the greatest poets of his generation writing in English, and one of the most… Read more about this item

(London): Andre Deutsch, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, clothbound issue. Octavo. [46]pp. Light foxing at upper edge of boards, which are slightly bowed, else a near fine copy in fine, bright dust jacket. The hardcover issue is uncommon.

(London): Andre Deutsch, 1980. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Trifle worn, endleaves very lightly toned at the edges, about fine in glossy wrappers. Signed and dated by Hill on the title page.

A-21: Andre Deutsch Limited. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-21; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.3 inches; 48 pages .

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. Pp. [44]; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-corners a trifle creased; Andre Deutsch, London, 1971. First edition, paperback. Andre Deutsch Paperback Poets. *Winner of the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and the Whitbread Award for Poetry.

André Deutsch, London., 1971. First edition. The scarce, poorly produced hardback issue, mainly for the use of libraries. Octavo. Unpaginated. Thirty ''hymns'' followed by five pages of notes by the author. Review slip loosely inserted.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.