Selected Translations – Ted Hughes
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For sale: a rare and exceptional first  hardcover edition, first printing of Selected Translations by Ted Hughes. First American Edition stated, 2007 Farrar Straus and Giroux . First Printing with complete print line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, light foxing on the text blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, the price on the front flap and a coffee-stain ring on the back. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

The late, great poet’s version of poems ancient and modern. Known as the most distinctly English of the postwar British poets, Ted Hughes was a boundlessly curious reader and translator of poetry from other languages. This generous selection of his translations at once rounds out the publication of his major work and gives us a fresh view of his poetic achievement.