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The Hawk in the Rain First US edition, first printing cover

The Hawk in the Rain

Ted Hughes · Harper & Brothers, 1957 · First US edition, first printing

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ConditionSignedInscribed
Near fine$863$863
Very good$734$734

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Hawk in the Rain.

✓ Copyright page: “First Edition” stated, with the code letters H-G

✓ Dust jacket: yellow, black ink-blot design by Caroline Harris; “Chosen by Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, and Stephen Spender…” on the front panel

✓ Price: $2.75 on the front flap (unclipped)

✓ Binding: black cloth, spine stamped in gilt

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