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London : Mandrake, 1954. The Autumn-Winter 1954-1955 issue of the Arthur Boyars magazine, including five new poems by Richard Wilbur. Other contributors include L.D.Lerner (on Marvell), John Wain (a poem), and John W. Aldridge (on Hemingway).
Demy 8vo. x,280-365pp. Original stapled wrappers; faintly rubbed; a few slight marks, but a good copy.

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London : Faber & Faber, (1962). First British edition. A collection of thirty-one poems.
Demy 8vo. 64pp. Original purple cloth, lettered down spine in gilt; a very good and bright copy in the original pale green dust-jacket, printed in red and black - very lightly sunned.

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New York & London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1979). Originally published in 1973. Inscribed (to B.C.Bloomfield), signed and dated (1979) by Richard Wilbur. Thirty-nine short poems, with accompanying illustrations.
Crown 8vo. [48]pp. Original pink glazed wrappers, printed in purple and green; just faintly bruised, text a touch tanned, further inscription on fly, but a very good copy.

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Omaha : Abattoir Editions, 1981. First edition : limited to 200 copies. Inscribed (to B.C.Bloomfield, bibliographer of Auden and Larkin) and signed by Richard Wilbur - and with a further inscription dated 1981 from Jack [Hagstrom], bibliographer of Thom Gunn.
Post 8vo. 16pp. Original stiffened grey wrappers, white label on upper wrapper, ruled in red and lettered in black; about fine.

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Portree : Aquila Publishing, (1983). First edition. Inscribed (to B.C.Bloomfield) and signed by Richard Wilbur. Aquila Essay No. 20.
Foolscap 4to. [16]pp. Original pink stapled wrappers, printed in black; faint and tiny bruise to foot, otherwise near fine.

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[New York] : Sea Cliff Press, 1992. First edition : "printed for a Wilbur evening at the Grolier Club, 27 April, 1992, and for the subscribers and friends of Sea Cliff Press".
Foolscap 8vo. Single white sheet, printed in black, and folding to form two leaves; fine.

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