The Hawk in the Rain.

£175 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The first separate edition of the poem, published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Hughes’ first collection. 500 copies printed by Smith Settle in Yorkshire, with a cover image of a Hawk by Sue Scullard. This copy has been confusingly signed by the author on the colphon page: “57/101, Ted Hughes”. A fine copy.

• Year: 1997

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