The Less Deceived

London: The Marvell Press, (1955).

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Hardcover. First edition, first state, one of 300 copies issued with a flat spine, the misprint in the first line of page 38 with the word "floor" instead of "sea," and the list of subscribers. A tiny rubbed spot at the crown else fine in an about very good dustwrapper with some small chips on the spine and some very neat professional reinforcing at the folds. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "Harry – remembering many happy meetings – Philip." Beneath the inscription, Harry has re-inscribed the book to someone else in 1956.

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Item #301999 The Less Deceived. Philip LARKIN.
The Less Deceived

Philip Larkin
birth name: Philip Arthur Larkin
born: 8/9/1922
died: 12/2/1985
nationality: Great Britain

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Most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore