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First edition. 36 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little foxing to fore edge, faint mustiness, in an attractive example of the thin, fragile dust jacket, spine panel sunned with tiny chips to head and foot, small closed interior tear to spine, scuff to rear panel, price-clipped; jacket in much better shape than usually encountered. The acclaimed English poet's uncommon debut collection. Bloomfield A1a.

'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.