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End-papers and fore-edge very slightly foxed, otherwise a very nice copy in very fragile price-clipped, slightly marked dust-wrapper which has a few minor chips and a closed tear, repaired, at the foot of the upper panel Bloomfield A1(a), estimating that the edition probably did not exceed 500 copies First Edition, variant in pale grey-green cloth.

'The North Ship' is Larkin's first poetry collection, originally published in 1945 and including revised editions in the following years. It indicates the early exploration of his major themes and stylistic approach.