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London : Oxford University Press, 1956. First edition. Signed by James Kirkup. A verse play - adapted and translated from the French Medieval Mystery Cycle of Arnoul and Simon Gréban.
Crown 8vo. vi,(42)pp. Original ivory stapled wrappers, lettered in black and decorated with typographic ornaments in green; staples very slightly rusted, but a near fine copy.

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London : Collins, 1962. First edition. Signed by James Kirkup. His first novel.
Crown 8vo. (320)pp. Original blue boards, ruled and lettered in gilt; top edge a touch dusty, but a very good copy in a just slightly marked dust-jacket.

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Tokyo : Orient Editions, 1970. First edition. A verse rendition of Paul Valéry's "La Jeune Parque" printed (in England) by Kirkup "for his friends" - this the copy sent to the poet Robert Garioch, and with Kirkup's Nagoya compliments slip loosely inserted.
Post 8vo. [24]pp. Original blue wrappers, lettered in black; near fine.

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Frensham : Sceptre Press, (1971). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Kirkup. A twenty-line Zen poem.
Post 8vo. [12]pp. Original white stapled wrappers, lettered in black; staples very slightly rusted, otherwise about fine.

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[Bramley : Words Press, 1973]. First edition : limited to 100 numbered copies. This copy signed by Kirkup, McMahon and Patten. A folding broadside contaning two haiku from Kirkup, a poem from McMahon, a verse adaptation of Ouzin by Flemming and Patten, and an illustration by Nicholas Tufnell.
Post 8vo. Single sheet, folding to form four leaves; very good.

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[Bramley : Words Press, 1973]. First edition : limited to 100 numbered copies. This copy signed by all three of the contributors. A poem from each, with illustrations by Artemis.
Post 8vo. Single sheet, folding to form four leaves. Very good.

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