Complete Poems (Oxford Paperbacks) - Softcover

THE COMPLETE POEMS (1995 reprint of the 1987 paperback edition with Ted Hughes Introduction)

Original Wraps. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. New and Revised Edition. A third printing (1995) of the OUP paperback edition, which was first published in 1987 with the Ted Hughes Introduction - reprinted from the 1979 first paperback edition. This printing has a new Afterword dated June 1994. ***A near fine copy in illustrated glossy card covers. The covers are slightly rubbed and creased at the edges, but are clean and unmarked. Soft crease to the back cover. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. No fading. Internally also near fine with just a neat ownership name on the inside of the front cover. Pages clean. Paper stock nice and white. No creases or tears. ***217mm x140mm. 146 pages including an Index of Titles and First Lines at the back of the book. ***Contents: Preface, Afterword, Introduction by Ted Hughes, Keith Douglas1920-1944: A Chronology, School, Oxford, Army: England, Army: Middle East, England 1944, Two Statements on Poetry, Notes, Index of Titles and First Lines. ***'Each poem turns out to be an exercise --- whatever they are, these "exercises" display his striving towards and eventually, briefly, perfecting the qualities we value in him: the incisive, nimble glance, the uniquely tempered music, the simple, pointblank, bull's eye statement, the tensile delicacy.' (Quote taken from the Introduction by Ted Hughes) ***'This is the only complete collection of Douglas's poems. First published in 1978, it eventually reappeared in Oxford Poets in 1987, by which time this edition had firmly established Keith Douglas as by far the most talented and interesting poet of the Second World War, one who had achieved this considerable body of work before he was killed in Normandy in June 1944 three days after D-Day, aged only twenty-four. (Quote taken from the back cover) ***A third printing (1995) of the OUP paperback edition, which was first published in 1987 with the Ted Hughes Introduction, in bright collectable condition. A nice copy to have for the reader of Keith Douglas' poetry. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. PB674

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