crossett john (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 302 pages. In Good minus condition. Ex-library with usual markings, including call number label on spine, penciled call number on title page verso, bookplate on front pastedown, remainder of library pocket on rear pastedown. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1396438. FP New Rockville Stock.

The first three issues of Ralph Maud's Audit Magazine. Issue 2 is notable for the first publication of Philip Larkin's poem "As Good As A Mile", the title later changed to "As Bad As A Mile" when included four years later in his Faber collection The "Whitsun Weddings". Stapled paper. Small 4to. Issue One, published 22 February 1960, 20pp; Issue Two, published 28 March 1960, 20pp; Issue Three, published 30 April 1960, 16pp. All volumes are in good or better condition, firmly bound, complete and without loose pages. Volumes 2 and 3 are spotted to the upper covers otherwise clean throughout. Scarce. Provenance: J. D. Jump, Department of English, Manchester University (original subscriber). The first three issues of Audit magazine created and edited by then student Ralph Maud. Editorship of the magazine passed through a multitude of hands reflecting various (and occasionally conflicting) poetic influences throughout its long career. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.