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Oxford : Sycamore Press, (1971). First edition. A poem in three parts.
Post 8vo. Single white sheet, printed in red and black, folding to form three leaves; very good in the original mailing envelope.

£15

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Manchester : Phoenix Pamphlet Poets, (1972). First edition : one of the regular copies in wraps. Inscribed, signed and dated (1983) by Peter Scupham on the half title. A collection of seventeen poems.
Post 8vo. 26,[ii]pp. Original monochrome stapled wraps; wraps and endleaves very faintly spotted, but a very good copy.

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Manchester : E. J. Morten / Chambers Peterloo Poets, (1972). First edition : the wrappers issue. Signed and dated (1981) by Peter Scupham on half-title, and with a 1981 autograph note from Scupham loosely inserted. An early collection of thirty poems.
Demy 8vo. [ii],(52),[ii]pp. Frontispiece. Original cream wrappers, lettered and decorated in red; a few faint marks, but a very good copy.

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Richmond : Keepsake Press, (1973). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies in cloth (of 200) - signed by Peter Scupham. A collection of fifteen poems, with four coloured linocuts by Anthea Lawrence. Loosely inserted is the publisher's compliments slip.
Demy 8vo. [2],(26)pp. Illustrations. Original plain green cloth by John Brindley; just a touch bruised; very mild tanning of endpapers; a very good copy in the pale green Anthea Lawrence dust-jacket, printed in darker green - just lightly tanned and with a single short nick. Lewis 41.

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Hitchin : Mandeville Press, (1975). First edition. The first series of the attractively produced Mandeville poem cards, each card signed by the poet. Includes poems by Freda Downie, John Fuller, John Mole, Neil Powell, Lawrence Sail, Michael Schmidt, Peter Scupham, C.H.Sisson and John Stathatos.
Nine cards in the original envelope. Envelope very slightly marked, otherwise fine.

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Hitchin : Mandeville Press, 1977. First edition. New poems from Patricia Beer, Richard Carlile, David Day, Patric Dickinson, Freda Downie, Madge Hales, Paul Hyland, Katharine Middleton, John Mole, John Ormond, Peter Porter, Lawrence Sail, Peter Scupham, Jon Stallworthy, George Szirtes, R.S.Thomas and Anthony Thwaite. Loosely inserted is a single-page 1977 signed autograph letter from the publisher and contributor, Peter Scupham.
Demy 8vo. [28]pp. Title-page in blue and black. Original ivory wraps, lettered in blue; faint hint of spotting to extreme upper edge of wraps, but still near fine.

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[Hitchin : Privately Printed, 1978]. First separate edition. A Christmas card, with this Scupham poem, inscribed, signed and dated (1978) by Peter Scupham.
Post 8vo. Single folding sheet of light blue card, printed and decorated in black. Very good.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980. First edition. Signed by Peter Scupham on the half-title. A collection of fifty-four poems.
Demy 8vo. [viii],(56)pp. Original white wraps, lettered and with a photograph by Toby Scupham in sepia; small mark on lower wrap; a few edge spots, but a good copy.

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Hitchin : Mandeville Press, 1981. First edition : one of sixty numbered copies (of 350) signed by John Mole, Peter Scupham and the illustrator, Mary Norman. Three Christmas poems from Mole, and a longer poem in three parts from Scupham.
Demy 8vo. [20]pp. Illustrations. Original pale grey wrappers, lettered in blue and decorated in grey; just very faintly bruised, but a very good copy.

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Hitchin : Red Gull Press, 1982. First edition : one of 340 ordinary copies (of 400). "An architectural fantasia in five poems". Loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer.
Royal 8vo. [16]pp. Original cream wraps, ruled on upper wrap in brown; slightly bruised and lightly creased, but a very good copy of a fragile production.

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Hitchin : Mandeville Press, 1983. First edition : limited to 350 copies. Six Christmas poems - three from each poet, with illustrations by Mary Norman. Loosely inserted is a signed and dated 1983 autograph note from Peter Scupham - "Mandeville still survives!".
Long crown 4to. [20]pp. Illustrations. Original red wrappers, lettered and decorated in grey-blue; a very good copy.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983. First edition. Signed by Peter Scupham on the half-title. A collection of twenty-three poems.
Demy 8vo. 64pp. Original wraps - a design in black, white, sepia and yellow, with a photograph by Chris Scupham; a little rubbed; a good copy only.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated (1988) by Peter Scupham on the half-title. A collection of fifty-seven poems.
Demy 8vo. (xii),(68),(ii)pp. Original wraps - a design in black, white and turquoise, with a colour illustration by Paul Nash on upper wrap; very good.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated (1990) by Peter Scupham on the half-title. A collection of forty-one poems.
Demy 8vo. viii,64pp. Original wraps - a photographic design mainly in black, white and blue; a very good copy.

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