Books

Faber and Faber, London, 1967 First Edition. Octavo. Original grey-green boards with red backstrip, lettered in gilt to spine. Signed and dated on the day of publication (18th May 1967) by Hughes on the front free endpaper. Light wear to spine ends and minimal offsetting to endpapers. With two discreet ex libris labels: one in blindstamp on front blank and the other on the front pastedown hidden by the flap. Otherwise a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket with no fading to the spine, uncommon with this volume. 3000 copies printed. Wodwo was Hughes' first book for adults after Lupercal in 1960 and consists principally of poems but also contains five stories and a radio play. Sagar & Tabor A12.

A dynamic collection of poetry and short prose reflecting Hughes’s interest in mythology, nature, and human experience.