The Hawk in the Rain (signed copy) 1980s Inscribed and signed "to Ben"

Inscribed and signed "to Ben" by the Author on the fly-leaf

Publisher's black cloth with the unclipped dust-jacket

A near fine copy in the VG+ jacket

Vol IV: 1969-1972

The Hawk in the Rain (signed copy) 1980s Inscribed and signed "to Ben"London: Faber & Faber, 1960. Signed and dated by Hughes to the fly leaf in blue pen. Second impression of the first edition, issued three year after first printing. Publisher's blue cloth with the price clipped dust jacket, untorn, backstrip slightly sunned and rubbed at ends. A collection of 40 poems. Hughes's first book of poetry and second overall after 'Lupercal'. The book received immediate acclaim in both England and America, where it won the