THE NORTH SHIP

by Larkin, Philip [Mark Schorer]

$1,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Fortune Press, 1945. First Edition. One of fewer than 500 copies. Small octavo; black cloth lettered in gold; 36pp. Mark Schorer's copy with his attractive bookplate (Ruth & Mark Schorer) on front pastedown. Largely unopened, with trace foxing, bookplate glue showing through, trace foxing; Near Fine. Lacking the dustjacket. Mark Schorer was a leading critic (Sinclair Lewis and D. H. Lawrence) and writer and a contemporary of Larkin. He was for many years head of The English Dept. at U C Berkeley, and taught a course on modern British literature. Larkin's scarce first book. BLOOMFIELD A1a.

• Publisher: Fortune Press
• Year: 1945
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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