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Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.

HUGHES, Ted (1930-1998), [RIDDELL, Chris, and FLATHER, Lisa, illustrators].

London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather in volume 2 who also provides the dust-jacket design for volume 3. All volumes absolutely fine, a few negligible marks to slipcase. Fine. Item #54138

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