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The Whitsun Weddings First UK edition, first impression cover

The Whitsun Weddings

Philip Larkin · Faber and Faber, 1964 · First UK edition, first impression

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$699

Valued from 1 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsigned
Near fine$699
Very good$593

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Whitsun Weddings.

✓ Copyright page: “First published in mcmlxiv by Faber and Faber Limited 24 Russell Square London WC1” as the only printing statement, followed by “Printed in Great Britain by the Bowering Press Plymouth”

✓ Binding: plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt

✓ Dust jacket: typographic design by Berthold Wolpe in red, green and black on tan; first-state front flap with no John Betjeman review

✓ Price: 12s 6d net (12 shillings 6 pence) on the front flap (unclipped)

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