The Less Deceived
The Marvell Press, 1955.
First edition, first issue with a flat spine and the misprint 'floor' for 'sea' on p. 38. Original green diaper cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in light grey-red printed dustwrapper with black lettering. A fine copy with a faint crease to the front board, in a near fine dustwrapper with a little fading to the spine and slight wear to the corners.
The first of Larkin's major poetry collections which did much to establish his reputation as one of the post war period's most influential poets. On the basis of some 120 subscriptions gathered by the Marvell Press in the summer of 1955, orders were placed for 700 copies to be printed of which 300 copies were bound, as here, with a flat spine for distribution in late November. A mention in The Times in late December produced a flurry of orders in early 1956 necessitating the remaining 400 copies to be bound up, similarly but with a rounded spine. These were distributed in March and April.
Bloomfield A6a
Stock ID: 45895
£2,250.00
