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LARKIN, Philip (1922-85). The North Ship. Poems. London: The Fortune Press, 1945. 8°. Half title (a few tiny spots). Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, maroon dust-jacket lettered in black (lower forecorners of cloth damp-affected, hole in backstrip of jacket, a few other short tears with some fraying at corners, minor dampstaining on lower wrapper). EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Jean Cann, October, 1945. P.L." Bloomfield A1(a): "... it is not likely that the edition exceeded 500 copies ..." (4)
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The vendor's father-in-law knew Philip Larkin's father, who often stayed with them. This book, and the three included in the following lot, were inscribed by Larkin on visits to their home.