English Poet Philip Larkin: A Collection of 87 Items Original Appearances Start Price USD 1,650.00 Current Price USD 1,650.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Chicago, IL See more about 'English Poet Philip Larkin: A Collection of 87 Items' Description This is a collection of  87 items by and about the English poet, Philip Larkin. All are in excellent condition (exceptions are noted) and all are complete book volumes or periodical issues. The items are chronologically arranged.   "Poetry of Departures." Early poem by Larkin (first appearance) in Listen, Winter 1954 (an issue that also reviews Thom Gunn's first collection of poems, Fighting Terms).   “The Literary Situation—1.” Essay (on the so-called “Movement”) by Bernard Bergonzi in Departure (London), Winter 1954-5. “Always Too Eager.” Unnamed poem by Larkin here beginning “Always too eager for the future” in Departure (London), Spring 1955. Poem. Unnamed poem by Larkin beginning “Since we agreed to let the road between us” in Departure (London), Spring 1955. "Referred Back." Poem by Larkin (first appearance) in Listen, Autumn 1955. “A Human Myth.” This is a review (among others) of Larkin's The Less Deceived by “D.K.” in Departure, (London) Spring 1956. "An Arundel Tomb." Poem by Larkin (first appearance) in the London Magazine, May, 1956. Part of a feature on the "Young English Poets, 1956." "Ignorance" and "No More Fever." This Summer 1956 number of Listen features Larkin's poem "Ignorance" (first appearance) and a review by Larkin of W.H. Auden's The Shield of Achilles.  "Five Young English Poets." This is a review of Larkin's The Less Deceived (and other works by Laurie Lee, John Wain, etc.) by Samuel French Morse in Poetry (Chicago), December 1956. “English Poetry: The Immediate Situation.” 21 page essay (much on Larkin) by John Wain in the Sewanee Review, Summer 1957. Some ink notes in the essay.  “Success Story.” Poem by Larkin in the Wisconsin Beloit Poetry Journal (“The Movement” Number), Winter 1957/58.   "The Importance of Elsewhere." First appearance of Larkin's new poem in Listen, Spring 1958. The issue also includes Frank Kermode on Thom Gunn's The Sense of Movement and Alan Brownjohn on the first book of Ted Hughes, The Hawk in the Rain.   "Quarterly Roundup." This is a review of Larkin's The Less Deceived (among others) by John Ciardi in the Saturday Review, 27 September 1958.    “The Wain-Larkin Myth: A Reply to John Wain. Ten page essay by John Lehmann in the Sewanee Review, Autumn 1958. “Poetry Chronicle.” Alfred Alvarez reviews The Less Deceived (among other works of poetry) in the Partisan Review, Fall 1958. "The Whitsun Weddings." First appearance of the poem by Larkin in Encounter (London), June 1959. The Less Deceived. First American Edition of Larkin's collection of poems published by St. Martin's Press (New York), 1960. There is some ink scribbling to the front endpaper. A very good copy in a nice dust wrapper. “Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses.” Poem by Larkin in Twentieth Century (London), July 1961. “Nothing to be Said.” Poem by Larkin in the London Magazine, February 1962. A Girl in Winter. First American Edition of Larkin's novel published by the St. Martin's Press (New York), 1962. A very good copy in a dust wrapper. Wrapper has been repaired. “Modesties.” Poem by Larkin in Encounter (London), March 1964. “Philip Larkin.” Review of The Whitsun Weddings by Francis Hope in Encounter, May 1964.   "Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses." Poem (first American appearance) by Larkin in the Partisan Review, Summer 1964. "Part of Our Time." Essay by Bernard Bergonzi in review of Larkin's novel Jill (among other reviews) in the New York Review of Books, 19 November 1964,  Poetry in the Making: Catalog of an Exhibition of Poetry Manuscripts in the British Museum, April-June 1967. Larkin provides an essay, "Operation Manuscript" for this hardcover first edition in a dust wrapper published by Turret Books in 1967. Edited by Jenny Lewis. Tipped-in is an "Illustrative Material" pamphlet from the Exhibition. A very good copy.   "Sympathy in White Major." Poem by Larkin (first appearance) in the London Magazine, December 1967. "The Spoken Word." Review of two LPs recorded by Larkin of all of the poems in The Less Deceived and The Whitsun Weddings by Patric Dickinson in Encounter (London), January 1970.   “Two Poems.” “Larkin’s “To the Sea” and "Annus Mirabilis” appear for the first time in this January 1970 issue of the London Magazine. "Art, if You Like." Longer review of Larkin's All What Jazz by John Wain in Encounter (London), May 1970. “Music for Punts.” Essay in review of Larkin’s All What Jazz by Don Locke in the London Magazine, June 1970.   “Terror Lumped and Split: British and American Poets.” Essay in review of The Less Deceived (among other reviews) by James K.. Robinson in the Southern Review, Winter 1970. "The State of Poetry: A Symposium." This is the Spring/Summer Issue, 1972 of The Review (London). Larkin contributes to the symposium along with many others. His portrait is featured on the cover along with Robert Lowell and Ted Hughes. 10th Anniversary Number. "Philip Larkin, Poet, Librarian and Anthologist, Discusses His Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse with Anthony Thwaite." Three-page first print appearance of the Larkin/Thwaite interview from Radio 3 in The Listener, 12 April 1973. Includes a photo of Larkin. "Philip Larkin: On John Betjeman--A Citation." Full-page of commentary by Larkin on the Poet Laureate John Betjeman in Encounter (London), September 1973. Phoenix: Philip Larkin Issue. A photo of Larkin is on the cover of this Special Number of Phoenix, #11/12, Autumn and Winter 1973-4. Larkin makes two contributions to the issue and there are 15 critical essays on his works by various hands. "Show Saturday." First appearance of Larkin's poem in Encounter (London), February 1974. “Now and in England: Larkin’s Choice.” Longer essay in review of Larkin’s The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (among other works) by Michael Wood in Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Spring/Summer 1974. "Wolves of Memory." Long essay on the works of Larkin following the publication of High Windows by Clive James in Encounter (London), June 1974. "Poems as Concentrated as Heart Surgery." Two-page (oversize) essay by Calvin Bedient in review of Larkin's High Windows (with a nice photo of Larkin) in the New York Times Book Review, 12 January 1975. “Philip Larkin’s Quiet Desperation.” Twelve page essay by Conor Kelly in St. Stephen’s  Magazine (Dublin), Spring 1975. "The Art of Debunkery." Three and 1/2 page essay (oversize) in review of Larkin's High Windows by Richard Murphy in the New York Review of Books, 15 May 1975. “Across the Irish Sea.” Essay in review of Larkin’s High Windows (among others) by Michael Wood in Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Fall/Winter 1975. “Larkin’s Lark Eggs: The Vision is Sentimental.” Six page essay by Arthur Oberg in the Stand (London), Volume 18, #1, 1976. The Whitsun Weddings: Larkin's Reinterpretation of Time and Form in Keats." 12-page essay by John Reibetanz in Contemporary Literature (Wisconsin), Autumn 1976. "Poet of Britishness." Longer essay by Robert Seidman in review of Larkin's High Windows in the Partisan Review, #1, 1977.   "Poet in Transition: Philip Larkin's XX Poems." 17-page essay by Roger Bowen in the Iowa Review, Winter 1977.   "Davie, Larkin, and the State of England." 17-page essay by Bernard Bergonzi in Contemporary Literature (Wisconsin), Summer 1977. "Larkin and his Audience." Another 17-page essay by Merle Brown in the Iowa Review, Fall 1977. "Femmes Damnées." Poem (written in 1943) by Larkin published as Sycamore Broadsheet 27 by the Sycamore Press, Oxford, Summer 1978. “Amis and Auden.” This is a review by Larkin of Kingsley Amis’s The Oxford Book of Light Verse in the New Review (London), Autumn 1978. "A Neglected Responsibility: Contemporary Literary Manuscripts." Longer essay by Larkin in Encounter (London), July 1979. “Language as Poetry.” Six page essay by poet and editor Cid Corman on the works of Larkin in contrast (likeness) to those of the poet William Bronk in Montemora (New York), #8, 1981. "The Art of Poetry." Interview with Larkin (by Robert Phillips) in the Paris Review, Summer 1982. Larkin at Sixty. This is a review of Anthony Thwaite's volume on Larkin by Janice Green in Outposts Poetry Quarterly, Summer 1983. “The Egotistical Banal, or, Against Larkitudinising.” 23 page essay by Christopher Miller in Agenda (London), Autumn 1983.   “Philip Larkin’s Unpublished Book: In the Grip of Light.” Eleven page essay by A.T. Tolley in Agenda (London), Summer 1984. "Contemporary British Poetry: A Romantic Persistence?" 10-page essay (much here on the works of Larkin) by notable critic John Bayley in Poetry (Chicago), Special British Poets Issue, July 1985.   All What Jazz. This is the first American printing of Larkin's revised volume of jazz essays and reviews published by Farrar-Straus-Giroux (New York) in 1985. A very good copy in a dust wrapper.   Memorials. Poetry (Chicago) offers Memorials to the passing of both Philip Larkin and Robert Graves, with lines from their own works, in this February 1986 number of the monthly. "On Philip Larkin." Essays on the life and works of Larkin by poet Donald Hall, Robert Richman and X.J. Kennedy in the New Criterion, February 1986. “Journal of One Who Has ‘Been as Far as Hull.’” Five page essay on Larkin by Daniel Hoffman in Grand Street (New York), Summer 1986. "Down Cemetery Road." Program (4 pages) for the meeting of the Thomas Hardy Society in Dorchester in July 1988 which features a discussion of Larkin's work and a photo of Larkin bicycling past a cemetery on the front cover (and two entrance passes--Anthony Thwaite and others discussed Larkin's work). "Peter Reading." Essay by poet and critic Tom Paulin on English poet Reading's debts to (and affinities with) Larkin (10 pages) in Grand Street (New York), Summer 1988.   Philip Larkin: Collected Poems. This is the first American Edition, published in 1989 by Farrar/Straus/Giroux. Edited by Anthony Thwaite. A lovely near mint copy in a dust wrapper that is equally nice. Tipped-in is Larkin's obituary from the Chicago Tribune for 3 December 1985 and an essay by John Bayley, "On Philip Larkin" from the New York Review of Books for 16 January 1986.    Philip Larkin: His Life's Work. First American Edition of this biographical volume by Janice Rosen published by the University of Iowa Press in 1989. A very good copy in a dust wrapper. Philip Larkin: The Man and His Work. Collection of 18 essays on Larkin published by the University of Iowa Press in 1989. Edited by Dale Salwak. First American Edition in a dust wrapper. "Reading Larkin." Longer essay in review of the Anthony Thwaite-edited Collected Poems of Philip Larkin by James Richardson in Poetry (Chicago), March 1990. "Larkin's Memory." 15-page essay by William Harmon in the Sewanee Review, Spring 1990. Old Library copy with cover stamp. "Philip Larkin's Sour Majesty." 10-page essay by Edward Hirsch (with a photo of Larkin at his library desk) in the Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1993. "Something About the Poetry: Larkin and 'Sensitivity.'" Longer essay (on the revelations of the Selected Letters, Andrew Motion's biography, Larkin's political leanings, etc--11 pages) by critic and writer Christopher Hitchens in the New Left Review (London), July/August 1993.  "Larkin's Outgoing Mail." Essay (7 pages) in review of the Anthony Thwaite-edited Selected Letters of Philip Larkin by Stuart Wright in the Sewanee Review, Summer 1993. Library copy has stamps to cover. Nice and clean internally.     “The Obscenity of Philip Larkin.” 25 page essay by Joseph Bristow in Critical Inquiry, Autumn 1994. “What to Make of a Diminished Thing.” Longer (20 page) essay in review of the Anthony Thwaite-edited Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, 1940-85 and of Andrew Motion’s Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life by Majorie Perloff in Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Volume 19, #2, 1994. "Philip Larkin: An American View." Essay (11 pages) following the appearance of Andrew Motion's biography and Larkin's Selected Letters by John McCormick in the Sewanee Review, Winter 1994. A good Library copy only with stamps to cover. Clean internally.      “Larkin.” Poem by William Logan in Poetry (Chicago), June 1995. "Philip Larkin & Other Poems." Prose/poem on the life of Larkin by Michael Dennis Browne in the American Poetry Review, January/February 1999.    "Damp-Lipped Hilary." Longer essay by Jenny Diski in review of Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions (Larkin's juvenilia), edited by James Booth in the London Review of Books, 23 May 2002. "Distraction v. Attraction: On Ashbery, Larkin and Eliot." Four-page essay (oversize) by Barbara Everett in the London Review of Books, 27 June 2002. "Beckett's readers: A Commentary and Symposium." On Larkin's objections (among others) to Samuel Beckett's method by Gary Adelman in the Michigan Quarterly Review, Winter 2004.   "Green Selfconscious Spurts." Two-page essay (oversize--with a photo of a teenage Larkin) by Adam Kirsch in review of the A.T. Tolley-edited Philip Larkin: Early Poems and Juvenilia in the Times Literary Supplement, 13 May 2005. Includes a nice photo of the young Larkin vacationing in Germany before the Second World War. "Larkin and the Doomsters." Two-page (oversize) essay by Barbara Everett on Larkin, Barbara Pym and Thomas Hardy in the Times Literary Supplement, 3 June 2005. The front cover features a caricature of Larkin holding hands with a frog. "Homage to Philip Larkin." Four-page (oversize) essay by John Banville in review of Larkin's Collected Poems (edited by Anthony Thwaite), Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion, the re-issue of Larkin's Required Writing, and Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, edited by Anthony Thwaite (with caricatures and photos) in the New York Review of Books, 23 February 2006. “Philip Larkin, Barbara Pym, and the Accident of Literary Fame.” Eighteen page essay by Francis- Noël Thomas in the New England Review, Volume 27, #2, 2006. "Lessons from Larkin: Such Attics Cleared of Me." Full page and 1/2 (oversize) essay by the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion in the Times Literary Supplement, 6 October 2006. "Do You Think He Didn't Know?" Four-page (oversize) essay in review of Leader's The Life of Kingsley Amis by Stephan Collini in the London Review of Books, 14 December 2006. Much here on the life and work of Larkin. "Philip Larkin: The Right Line." This is a series of drawings and doodles (12) by Larkin here first published with an introduction by Jean Hartley and Jim Orwin in Poetry (Chicago), September 2008. "What Larkin Knew." Two-page essay (oversize) by Adam Phillips in The Threepenny Review, Winter 2008.       Place a Bid!