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BOOTH, Martin, 1944-2004 : TELLER : FOUR POEMS. Woodford Green : Poet & Printer, 1973. First edition : [one of 300 copies]. Loosely inserted is a separately printed publisher’s flyer relating to contemporary publications, with a manuscript note dated 14th July 1973 initialled by the publisher, Alan Tarling. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 23895 – or simply click on the button
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BROWN, Stewart, 1951- : THE PERFUME OF DECAY. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1985. First edition : [one of 250 copies]. “In a Cornish Garden”, a sequence of fourteen poems, and “Lugard’s Bridge”, a longer poem in three parts. With two colour-printed lino-cuts by Alan Dixon. Loosely inserted is a 1985 Poet & Printer flyer, with two Alan Dixon illustrations, inscribed and signed by the publisher, Alan Tarling. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 26274 – or simply click on the button
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CAWS, Ian, 1945- : BRUISED MADONNA : A COLLECTION OF POEMS. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1979. First edition : [one of 375 copies]. A collection of twenty-one poems, including “The Fifth of November”, “The Secret Chapel”, “Case Histories”, etc. Loosely inserted is a typed note to the late Barry Bloomfield on Poet & Printer notepaper – “delighted to send you the latest”. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 27444 – or simply click on the button
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DIXON, Alan (Alan Michael), 1936- : THE UPRIGHT POSITION. Woodford Green : Poet & Printer, 1970. First edition : [one of an unstated number of copies in wrappers from a total edition of 450 copies]. A collection of fifty-four poems from the Liverpool poet, including “An Old Lady in Snakeskin Shoes”, “To a Part-Time Bastard”, “About Rhubarb”, “Gloomy Poem”, etc. Printed by Derek Maggs in collaboration with Alan Tarling. Loosely inserted are a signed 1971, typed note from the publisher, Alan Tarling, and a separately printed 1970 poem written by W. Price Turner for Alan Dixon – “Reading Poems over Brandy”. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 23900 – or simply click on the button
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DIXON, Alan (Alan Michael), 1936- : THE UPRIGHT POSITION : A COLLECTION OF POEMS. Woodford Green : Poet & Printer, 1970. First edition : [one of an unstated number of copies in wrappers from a total edition of 450 copies]. A collection of fifty-four poems from the Liverpool poet, including “An Old Lady in Snakeskin Shoes”, “To a Part-Time Bastard”, “About Rhubarb”, “Gloomy Poem”, etc. Printed by Derek Maggs in collaboration with Alan Tarling. Loosely inserted is a separately printed 1970 poem written by W. Price Turner for Alan Dixon – “Reading Poems over Brandy”. £15 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 11876 – or simply click on the button
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DIXON, Alan (Alan Michael), 1936- : THE IMMACULATE MAGPIES. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1982. First edition : [one of an unstated number of copies in boards from a total edition of 390 copies]. Complete with the separately printed errata slip. Forty-two poems, with decorations, including “Parties”, “Song of the Deck-Chairs”, “A Horse instead of a Husband”, etc. Loosely inserted are a single-page signed 1982 autograph letter from the publisher, Alan Tarling, concerning the book – “I had some trouble with the skiver for the spine” – and two signed two press flyers, with linocut illustrations. £25 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 31381 – or simply click on the button
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DIXON, Alan (Alan Michael), 1936- : THE IMMACULATE MAGPIES. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1982. First edition : [one of an unstated number of copies in wrappers from a total edition of 390 copies]. Complete with the separately printed errata slip. Forty-two poems, with decorations, including “Parties”, “Song of the Deck-Chairs”, “A Horse instead of a Husband”, etc. £15 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 12783 – or simply click on the button
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DUNN, Peter (Peter Eric), 1918-1998 : DEATH OF A SCARECROW. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, (1984). First edition : [one of 500 copies]. A collection of thirty-three poems, including “Accidie”, “The Scape-Bird”, “Birthday Poem: In Memory of Dylan Thomas”, “Skeleton in Brighton Museum”, etc. A small label and a manuscript note to the verso of the title-page direct enquiries to Peter and Ruby Dunn at their Brighton address. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 19203 – or simply click on the button
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FORBES, Peter, 1947- : THE AERIAL NOCTILUCA : POEMS 1976-1980. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1981. First edition : [one of 450 copies]. A collection of seventeen poems, including “Cricket”, “Late Night Radio”, “Minority Report”, etc. Loosely inserted is a signed 1981 pre-printed letter from the publisher, Alan Tarling, to the late B. C. Bloomfield, concerning the origins of the press, its more commercial work, etc. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 35639 – or simply click on the button
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FORBES, Peter, 1947- – editor : A POET’S 1982 : AN ANTHOLOGY OF ONE YEAR’S POETRY. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1983. First edition. An anthology of the forty best poems of 1982 – Alison Brackenbury, Humphrey Clucas, Anthony Cronin, Martyn Crucefix, Tom Disch, U. A. Fanthorpe, James Fenton, Peter Levi, George MacBeth, Derek Mahon, John Mole, Blake Morrison, Peter Redgrove, Vernon Scannell, Derek Walcott, etc. Loosely inserted is a signed, dated (1983) autograph note from the publisher, Alan Tarling. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 25146 – or simply click on the button
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MARKHAM, E.A. (Edward Archibald), 1939-2008 : GAMES AND PENALTIES : A COLLECTION OF POEMS. Hatch End : Poet & Printer, 1980. First edition : [one of 750 copies]. A collection of twenty poems from Archie Markham, the Montserrat-born poet. Includes “A Complacent Little Poem Meets a Revolutionary Big Poem”, “The Vengeance of Sheep”, “Words Fit to Eat”, etc. £20 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 12786 – or simply click on the button
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