Hughes, Ted

Gunn, T. and Hughes, T. Selected Poems. Faber and Faber, 1962, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Hughes (“To Mom and Dad | with love | Ted | May 24th | 1962”), original wrappers, [Sagar and Tabor A5], slightly soiled--Hughes, T. How the Whale Became. Faber and Faber 1963, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author (“To Mom + Dad | with love | Ted | Xmas 1963”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor A6(a)], minor soiling to dust-jacket--Douglas, K. Selected Poems. Edited with an Introduction by Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1964, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Hughes (“For Mom and Dad | with love | from Ted | April 7th 1964”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor B23(a1)], minor browning; Douglas, K. Selected Poems. Edited with an Introduction by Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1964, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Hughes (“For Gerald | with love | from Ted | April 1964”), original cloth, [Sagar and Tabor B23(a1)], extremities rubbed--Brown, G.M. The Year of the Whale. Chatto and Windus Ltd with The Hogarth Press Ltd, 1965, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Hughes (“To Gerald | with love | from Ted | Oct 20th 1966 | Only an owl knows the worth of an owl.”), original boards, dust-jacket, some soiling--Hughes, T. Wodwo. Faber and Faber, 1967, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author  (“To Mom and Dad | with love | from Ted | 22nd April 1967”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor A12(a1)], slight browning and soiling; Hughes, T. Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow. Faber and Faber, 1970, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author (“To Dad | with lots of love | Ted | Oct. 2nd 1970”), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor A25(a1)], slightly soiled--Fainlight, R., Hughes, T. and A. Sillitoe. Poems. Rainbow Press, 1971, first edition, number 7 of 300 copies, signed by the three authors, olive green calf, lettered in gilt, green calf slipcase, [Sagar and Tabor A29]; Fainlight, R., Hughes, T. and A. Sillitoe. Poems. Rainbow Press, 1971, first edition, number 273 of 300 copies, signed by the three authors, olive green calf, lettered in gilt, green calf slipcase, [Sagar and Tabor A29], slipcase slightly worn--Hughes, T. Moortown Elegies. Rainbow Press, 1978, first edition, number 83 of 175 copies signed by the author of which this is one of 143 copies in white goat vellum, lettered in gilt, cloth slip case, [Sagar and Tabor A57(a1)]; Hughes, T. Orts. Rainbow Press, 1978, first edition, number 200 of 200 copies, signed by the author, black calf, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, black cloth slip case, [Sagar and Tabor A56]; Hughes, T. The Cat and the Cuckoo. [Exeter:] Sunstone Press, 1987, first edition, number 7 of 250 copies signed by artist and author, presentation copy inscribed by the author (“For Toddling Sages | and | green-haired infants | and | Joan and Gerald | et al | love | from Ted | 7th Sept. 96”), blue cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket and cloth slipcase; together with

Hughes, T. Wodwo. Faber and Faber, 1971, paperback reprint, ownership inscription by Gerald Hughes on front endpaper, original wrappers, slightly faded;



Hughes, T. Poetry in the Making. An Anthology of Poems and Programmes from Listening and Writing. Faber and Faber, 1967, first edition, ownership inscription by Ted Hughes’ mother Edith Hughes on front endpaper, original boards, [Sagar and Tabor A14], slightly soiled and bumped at extremities;



Sagar, K. The Art of Ted Hughes. Cambridge University Press, 1975, first edition, ownership inscription by Gerald Hughes on front endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor B71(a)], dust-jacked frayed extremities--



Hughes, T. Season Songs. Faber and Faber, 1976, first English trade edition, inscribed by Gerald Hughes on half title, original boards, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor A44(c)], dust-jacket price-clipped--



Plath, S. A Dramatic Portrait. Conceived & adapted from her writing by Barry Kyle. Faber and Faber, 1976, first paperback edition, ownership inscription by Gerald Hughes on upper inside wrapper, adhesive tape-marks;



Plath, S. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams and other prose writings. With an Introduction by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1977, first edition, ownership inscription by Gerald Hughes on front endpaper, annotated by Gerald Hughes on 8 pages, original boards, dust-jacket, [Sagar and Tabor B84(a1)], dust-jacked faded and frayed at extremities--



Hughes, T. Selected Poems 1957–1967. Faber and Faber, 1978, reprint, ownership inscription by Gerald Hughes on title-page, extensively annotated by Gerald Hughes on 13 pages, original wrappers, [cf Sagar and Tabor A36];



Hughes, T. Lupercal. Faber and Faber, 1980, reprint, original photograph of Ted Hughes attached to half-title, inscription by Gerald Hughes, original wrappers;



Hughes, T. Remains of Elmet. Faber and Faber, 1981, reprint, Photographs by Fay Godwin, original wrappers;



Hughes, T. Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth. Faber and Faber, 1986, first edition, with illustrations by Chris Riddell, original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. Flowers and Insects. Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders. Faber and Faber, 1986, first edition, with drawings by Leonard Baskin, original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. The Cat and the Cuckoo. [Exeter:] Sunstone Press, 1987, first English trade edition, with illustrations by R.J. Lloyd, illustrated pictorial boards;



Hughes, T. Moon-Whales. Faber and Faber, 1988, revised edition, signed by Ted Hughes on front endpaper (“Ted Hughes | 17th Feb. 1990”), original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. Tales of the Early World. Faber and Faber, 1988, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. Wolfwatching. Faber and Faber, 1989, first paperback edition, signed by Ted Hughes on half-title, ownership signatures by Gerald Hughes on upper inside wrapper and half-title;



Hughes, T. Moortown Diary. Faber and Faber, 1989, first edition 1989, ownership signature by Gerald Hughes on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket--



Shakespeare, W. A Choice of Shakespeare’s Verse. Selected with an introduction by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1991, new revised edition, ownership signature by Gerald Hughes on half-title, original wrappers--



Hughes, T. Nessie the Mannerless Monster. Faber and Faber, 1992, third impression, with illustrations by Gerald Rose, ownership signature by Gerald Hughes on upper inside wrapper, original wrappers--



McIntyre, T. Dreaming the Lion. Reflections on Hunting, Fishing, and a Search for the Wild. Traverse City, Michigan: Countrysport Press 1993, first edition, inscribed by Ted Hughes to Gerald Hughes on front endpaper (“For Gerald | love | Ted”), original pictorial cloth gilt, dust-jacket--



Hughes, T. Elmet. Faber and Faber, 1994, revised edition, portrait sketch of Ted Hughes’ father William by Gerald Hughes attached to front endpaper, annotated by Gerald Hughes on 13 pages, photographs by Fay Godwin, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket slightly soiled;



Hughes, T. New Selected Poems. 1957–1994. Faber and Faber, 1995, first edition, inscribed by Hughes to Joan and Gerald Hughes on front endpaper (“For Joan and Gerald | with love | from | Ted | 7th September 1996 | ‘Something old – something new’”), newspaper clippings laid down with adhesive tape, two printed scans of photographs, one laid down with adhesive tape, annotated by Gerald Hughes on 11 pages, original boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket worn;



Hughes, T. The Dreamfighter and Other Creation Tales. Faber and Faber, 1995, second impression, original boards, dust-jacket--



Coleridge, S.T. A Choice of Coleridge’s Verse. Edited and introduced by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1996, first paperback edition, original wrappers--



Hughes, T. Tales from Ovid. Faber and Faber, 1997, second impression, inscription by Gerald Hughes on front endpaper, text by Gerald Hughes laid down to front paste-down endpaper with adhesive tape, original boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket worn at extremities;



Hughes, T. Birthday Letters. Faber and Faber, 1998, first edition, inscribed by Ted Hughes on front endpaper (“For Joan and Gerald | with love | Ted | 29 January 1998”), hair from Ted Hughes (1998) and Gerald Hughes (2003) attached with adhesive tape to front endpaper; 



Hughes, T. Jean Racine. Phèdre. A new version by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber 1998, first paperback edition, original wrappers;



[Hughes, T.] Order of Service of the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Ted Hughes on 13 May 1999 at Westminster Abbey, [four copies], original wrappers together with two Westminster Abbey tickets and invitation to reception;



[Hughes, T.] By Heart. 101 Poems to Remember. Edited with an introduction by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1999, fourth impression, annotations by Gerald Hughes on 5 pages, two ink and watercolour drawings by Gerald Hughes, original wrappers--



Hughes, T. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. A new version by Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber, 1999, first paperback edition, inscription by Gerald Hughes on upper inside wrapper, original wrappers;



Hughes, T. Poems selected by Simon Armitage. Faber and Faber, 2000, first paperback edition, inscribed by Gerald Hughes on half-title with autograph postcard from Carol Hughes tipped in to upper wrapper, original wrappers--



Keegan, J. The First World War. New York: Vintage Books, 2000, fifth impression, inscribed by Gerald Hughes on publisher’s blurb preliminary leaf, Gerald and Joan Hughes’ address stamp on interior side of wrapper, original wrappers, original wrappers worn--



Hughes, T. Collected Poems. Faber and Faber, 2003, first edition, inscribed by Carol Hughes to Joan and Gerald Hughes on half-title, original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. Collected Poems for Children. Faber and Faber, 2005, first edition, inscribed by Carol Hughes to Gerald Hughes on title-page, original boards, dust-jacket;



Hughes, T. Selected Translations. Edited by Daniel Weissbrot. Faber and Faber, 2006, first edition, inscribed by Carol Hughes to Joan and Gerald Hughes on title-page, original boards, dust-jacket



A fine collection of Hughes' work with presentation copies inscribed to his parents and brother. Also included in this lot is a collection of 27 Hughes family snapshots (colour and black-and-white photographs, four of which appear to be original prints). These include images of Ted with his brother Gerald and friends and family at Canterbury Cathedral and in Paris in the early 1950s, together with poignant images of Sylvia (Plath) with Ted and their children Nicholas and Frieda, sometimes with Ted's mother Edith Hughes at various locations in Yorkshire (e.g. Hardcastle Crags, 1946), Devon (Court Green), America, London and elsewhere (various sizes, 1950s to 1990s).

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