{"product_id":"dolphins-stephen-spender-1st-edition-signed-limited","title":"Dolphins, Stephen Spender — 1st Edition, Signed, Limited","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"40\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Faber and Faber, 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"83\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 46.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"108\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Fine. The quarter blue cloth spine and marbled paper boards remain remarkably tight and vibrant, utterly devoid of the usual shelf-wear, bumping, or rubbing associated with this delicate style of binding. The spine's gilt lettering is strikingly bright and unoxidised. The original 'SIGNED' paper wrap-around band is flawlessly preserved without tears, sunning, or creases, safely housed beneath a crisp, protective clear acetate jacket. Internally, the text block is perfectly square and the hinges are entirely sound. The pages are exceptionally clean, bright, and free from any foxing, markings, or previous ownership inscriptions, reflecting a superb copy that has been carefully archived rather than actively read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"846\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the scarce, specially bound limited issue of the first edition, restricted to an exclusive print run of just 150 copies. Distinguished from the standard trade hardcover and paperback issues, this limitation was elegantly bound in quarter cloth over marbled boards and includes a limitation page at the rear, boldly signed by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThe presence of the original, fragile printed 'SIGNED' belly-band, often discarded or lost to attrition, makes this an exceptionally desirable collector's copy in its original state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003ePublished a year before Spender's death in 1995, the collection holds a poignant position within his bibliography, marking the final major poetic output of a central, enduring figure of the 1930s Oxford Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eSpender's final collection of poetry, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"255\"\u003eDolphins\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a profound and reflective meditation on a lifetime of literary, political, and personal engagements. The poems weave gracefully through memories of his contemporaries, the landscapes of his travels, and the enduring questions of art and mortality. Written with the characteristic lucidity and emotional honesty that defined his long career, the work serves as a fitting, elegant coda to one of the twentieth century's most significant poetic voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55716579082579,"sku":"6717","price":74.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261027_130830.jpg?v=1793623259","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/dolphins-stephen-spender-1st-edition-signed-limited","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}