Ted Hughes | The Earth-Owl and other moon-people, 1963, first edition, inscribed "To Mom and Dad with love from Ted"

Property of Frieda Hughes

Ted Hughes

The Earth-Owl and other moon-people. London: Faber, 1963

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY TED HUGHES ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER ("To Mom & Dad | with love | from Ted | Xmas 1963"), 8vo, drawings by R.A. Brandt, original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered, dust-jacket, some light spotting

This copy of Hughes' poems for children was given as a Christmas gift by Ted Hughes to his parents William Henry Hughes (1894-1981) and Edith (Farrar) Hughes (1898-1969). The book had been published on 22 November 1963 in an edition of 3000 copies.

LITERATURE:

Sagar and Tabor, Ted Hughes: a bibliography, 1946-1995 (1998), A7