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First edition

Gaudete

Ted Hughes
Harper & Row, 1977. First edition, first printing.
$60One copy · this copy

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Book
Near Fine
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-1d7aa6959ac2 · 6 photographs of this copy
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Copyright page states FIRST U.S. EDITION
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Number line ends in 1 (full count present): first printing
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ISBN 0-06-012007-X; price $10.00 on front flap
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Jacket design by Leonard Baskin
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True first edition is Faber & Faber, London 1977; this is the American issue
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Flaws, each one named
1
Overall toning/tanning to jacket, heaviest at edges and spine
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Light edge wear and small chips to jacket extremities
3
Ownership name "Stephen G..." in ink on front pastedown/endpaper
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Faber & Faber, London, 1977, cloth in jacket (this is the first U.S. edition, Harper & Row)

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.