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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Michael Armstrong. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original dove grey stapled wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; a touch of sunning, but otherwise very good.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Michael Armstrong. A poem from the Newcastle poet and painter.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original lilac wrappers, printed in black; a touch of sunning, but otherwise very good.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of fifty copies (of 150) numbered and signed by Martin Booth. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original light brown wrappers, lettered on upper wrapper in black; very good indeed.

£15

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[Rushden] : Sceptre Press & Menard Press, (1971). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by D. G. Bridson. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [12]pp. Original grey stapled wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; very good.

£15

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[Frensham] : Martin Booth / Sceptre Press, 1969. First edition : one of twenty-six lettered copies in wrappers (of 100) signed by Alan Brownjohn. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original plain white wrappers; a touch dusty and very slightly bruised, but a very good copy.

£20

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Frensham : Martin Booth : Sceptre Press, (1970). First edition : limited to 100 numbered copies. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). Single white sheet, printed in black, folding to form three leaves; a very faint crease, but a very good copy.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty copies (of 150) signed by Tony Buzan. Two poems. Loosely inserted is a poem card (Sceptrecard 1) with Buzan’s poem “Obsession”.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original lilac wrappers, printed in black; a hint of sunning, but a very good copy.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Caws . A poem on the Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace (1617-1657).
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original dove grey stapled wrappers, printed in black on upper wrapper; very good.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Cid Corman.
Post 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original lilac stapled card wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in black; very faintly sunned, a hint of rusting to staples, but a very good copy.

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Philip Crick. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original yellow stapled card wrappers, lettered in black; very good indeed.

£20

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[Frensham] : Martin Booth / Sceptre Press, (1969). First edition : one of seventy-four numbered copies (of 100). A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). Single off-white sheet, printed in black, folding to form two leaves; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1975). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 200) signed by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Seven poems, including “Tenacious Offspring”, “At Mycenae”, etc.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [12]pp. Original stapled blue wrappers; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Florence Elon. A poem.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original mustard stapled wrappers, lettered in black; very good indeed.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Peter Finch. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original pink wrappers, lettered in black; very good indeed.

£20

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Frensham : Sceptre Press, 1969. First edition: one of seventy-four regular numbered copies (of 100). A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). Single white folded sheet, printed in black and folding to form three leaves. Very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1979). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Jean Overton Fuller. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original sand stapled wrappers, lettered in dark blue; very good indeed.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1978). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Karen Gershon. A poem.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original terracotta stapled wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Christopher Hampton. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original grey wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; very faintly sunned, otherwise very good indeed.

£20

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Frensham : Martin Booth : Sceptre Press, 1970. First edition : one of twenty-six lettered copies (of 100) signed by Patrick Henry – Sceptre rendered ‘Septre’ in the imprint. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). Single sheet, folding to form three leaves. Original white wrappers, printed in black; lightly marked and very slightly bruised, but a very good copy.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Nicki Jackowska. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original rose-pink stapled wrappers, ruled and lettered in brown; Just a hint of rust to staples, but otherwise very good indeed.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Nicki Jackowska. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original brown wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; very good.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Nicki Jackowska. A poem.
Long pott 4to (12cm). [4]pp. Original grey wrappers, lettered in black; very fainly bruised, but still very good.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by David Jaffin. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original ochre wrappers, ruled and lettered on upper wrapper in black; very good.

£20

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Frensham : Sceptre Press, (1971). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Kirkup. A twenty-line Zen poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [12]pp. Original white stapled wrappers, lettered in black; staples very slightly rusted; a few specks; otherwise very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Glee Knight. A poem.
Oblong foolscap 8vo (11 x 15cm). [4]pp. Original magenta wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1977). First edition : limited to 150 copies. This copy of the poem not numbered, but marked out of series and signed by Norbert Krapf.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original green stapled card wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Antony Lopez. A poem.
Oblong pott 8vo (11cm). [4]pp. Original pale blue wrappers, lettered in black; a very good copy.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100), signed by John Lucas. A sequence of five short poems.
Demy 8vo (23cm). [4]pp. Original ochre stapled wrappers, ruled and lettered in brown; staples very slightly rusted, but a very good copy.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : limited to 100 copies. Although not one of the thirty numbered copies, this copy signed by Hugo Manning and with an autograph correction to the fifth line of the poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). Single ivory folded sheet, printed in black; very slightly creased, but still a very good copy.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1972). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Hugo Manning. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original grey stapled wrapperss, printed in black; just a hint of sunning, but a very good copy.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Christopher Middleton. A poem in nine parts.
Crown 4to (22cm). [12]pp. Original lilac stapled wrappers, printed in black; staples rusting, but otherwise very good.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1975). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Christopher Middleton. A poem in thirty stanzas.
Post 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original ochre stapled wrappers, printed in black; just a hint of rusting to staples, but a very good copy.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1977). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Christopher Middleton. A poem in eight parts.
Post 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original mustard stapled wrappers, lettered in black; staples rusting, but otherwise very good indeed.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by William Oxley. A poem.
Long pott 8vo (11cm). [4]pp. Original cerise wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£15

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1973). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Philip Pacey. A poem in memory of Herbert Read.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original mustard wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; a couple of tiny specks, but a very good copy.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1971). First edition : one of thirty numbered copies (of 100) signed by Penelope Shuttle. A poem.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [4]pp. Original grey stapled wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1976). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Penelope Shuttle. Four poems.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original powder-blue stapled wrappers, lettered in black; just a hint of rusting to staples, but a very good copy.

£20

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Knotting : Martin Booth, (1980). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 125) signed by Penelope Shuttle. A prose poem in two parts.
Pott 4to (17cm). [8]pp. Original sand wrappers, lettered in black; very good indeed.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1975). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Jon Silkin. A poem in six parts.
Post 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original pale orange stapled wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£15

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1977). First edition : limited to 150 copies. This copy marked “o/s” [out of series] by the publisher and signed by Alan Sillitoe. A poem in eight stanzas.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original grey stapled wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1979). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Alan Sillitoe. Two poems.
Demy 8vo (22cm). [8]pp. Original powder-blue stapled wrappers, lettered in black; very good indeed.

£20

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Knotting : Martin Booth, (1980). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 125) signed by Alan Sillitoe. Three poems.
Pott 4to (17cm). [8]pp. Original sand sewn wrappers, lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Rushden : Sceptre Press, (1974). First edition : one of fifty numbered copies (of 150) signed by Stephen Sossaman. A poem.
Post 8vo (21cm). [4]pp. Original ochre wrappers, ruled and lettered in black; very good.

£20

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Knotting : Sceptre Press, (1977). First edition : limited to 150 numbered copies. A poem by D. M. Thomas.
Demy 8vo (21cm). [8]pp. Original stapled terracotta wrappers, lettered in black; staples very slightly rusted, but otherwise a very good copy indeed.

£20

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