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First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, this copy with a nice literary association, from the library of the author V. S. Pritchett, with his signed book label to the front pastedown. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in yellow. With dust jacket and promotional wraparound band. The binding sharp, internally crisp. A fine copy in near-fine jacket, spine panel sunned, else bright, unclipped. Sagar & Tabor A1a.

The Hawk in the Rain is Ted Hughes's first collection of poems, released in 1957. It features themes of nature, humanity's struggle, and powerful, evocative imagery.