By Andrew Motion
London   Faber and Faber
9.5" by 6.5" [vi], vii-xx, [2], 3-570pp
A superior copy of Philip Larkin's biography. Written by Andrew Motion, one of Larkin's executors.
By Andrew Motion

1993 Philip Larkin a Writer's Life

London   Faber and Faber
9.5" by 6.5" [vi], vii-xx, [2], 3-570pp
A superior copy of Philip Larkin's biography. Written by Andrew Motion, one of Larkin's executors.
£65.00
: 1.5kgs / : 705L18

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A fine copy of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Motion first met Larkin at Hull whilst Larkin was the university librarian. He notes to the preface that in their nine year friendship the did not discuss the writing of Larkin's biography, but it was his longtime companion Monica Jones who requested it. This biography won the Whitbread Prize for Biography.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is also in an excellent condition. Minor shelfwear to the flyleaf joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean.

Fine

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