Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber Children's Books, London, U.K, 1981.
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight, crisp and clean; no mks or inscr'ns inside. D/w crisp, unclipped. Vv sl sunning on flyleaf fore edge. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Aynam Book Disposals (ABD), Kendal, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to. Covers very slightly mottled, but a nice copy in dustwrapper. First UK edition (Viking's was published seven weeks earlier), this copy from the author's own retained stock; sold in aid of the reading and literacy charity Give a Book. "Under fingers of blood / The islands dripped red / But the Clams in their bared bed / Gasped with blue cold. // And the Seal there, the Seal O / She raised her oiled head. / My fingers had died. / But the Seal's wake sliced open // A serpent of crestings . . ." ("An Evening Seal"). Sagar & Tabor A74a.2.
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber & Faber, 1981.
Price: US$16.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$17.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber & Faber, 1981.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tanning to page edges. D/J is a little rubbed with some marks.
Seller: Fireside Bookshop, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to. Nice copy in dustwrapper, from the author's own retained stock; sold in aid of the reading and literacy charity Give a Book. "Under fingers of blood / The islands dripped red / But the Clams in their bared bed / Gasped with blue cold. // And the Seal there, the Seal O / She raised her oiled head. / My fingers had died. / But the Seal's wake sliced open // A serpent of crestings . . ." ("An Evening Seal"). Predates Faber's edition by seven weeks. Sagar & Tabor A74a.1.
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Hughes Ted. Under The North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated in colour with drawings by Leonard Baskin. Large 4to (Quarto). A very good plus copy in pictorial dust wrapper which is price clipped. All books outside the UK are sent airmail and those over £30 are tracked; those inside the UK are signed for. Paypal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This First Edition and first printing hardback was published by Faber and Faber in 1981. The ABE Stock Image photograph is accurate for this copy. The condition of the book is 'Near Fine' and that of the dust-jacket is 'Very Good'. The book is bound with rust-coloured cloth on stiff boards. The spine titles are in bright gilt. The endpapers are green-coloured. The main text of the book has 44 numbered pages but the pagination is a little wayward as there are some other pages not numbered. There are 13 large colour illustrations by Leonard Baskin. The size of the book in inches is 11.3 x 8.0 and it weighs 0.50 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35.
Seller: Dartmouth Books, West Molesey, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. London; Faber;, 1981.
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Large format. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. London; Faber;, 1981.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Large format. Fine in fine price clipped dustjacket. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber Ltd., 1981.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Appears unread. Fine book in a near fine price-clipped jacket.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber Ltd., 1981.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Appears unread. Fine book in a near fine price-clipped jacket.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Hughes, Ted. Under The North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full page colour illustrations. All is extremely clean and firm. Fine book in a fine dustjacket.
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
HUGHES, Ted.. Under the North Star.. London: Faber & Faber (1981)., 1981.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 44 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Animal poems by Hughes with color drawings by Leonard Baskin.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber Inc, 1981.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, Faber and Faber Limited. Very slight edge wear. Very slight aging to DJ edges. Else a very clean and square copy.
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
HUGHES, TED. UNDER THE NORTH STAR. Faber & FABER, LONDON, 1981.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
HUGHES, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, London, 1981.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hughes Ted. Under the North Star. Faber 1981, 1981.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in publishers boards in like slightly rubbed dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin.From the library of Frieda Hughes, daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.Provenance; Bonhams London 24 June 2021, Property of Frieda Hughes, Daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. ISBN �057111721X
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
Hughes, Ted & Baskin, Leonard (drawings). Under the North Star. Faber & Faber London 1981, 1981.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine large octavo 47pp., col. illusts., Neat ownership label on front end paper o/w nice copy
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hughes, Ted. Under The North Star. Faber And Faber, London, 1981.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. PP.47. 13 full-page illustrations by Leonard Baskin. Slightest hint of fading to edge of green endpapers, otherwise fine. In fine Dust Jacket.
Seller: Lott Rare Books, Banstead, SRY, United Kingdom
Ted Hughes, Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto.285mm x 205mm. 47pp. Light brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. The jacket is unclipped (£5.95 net), now in a protective removable mylar sleeve. No inscriptions. or blemishes.An about fine copy. A collection of Hughes' poems about the animals of the Arctic, characterised by his usual muscular imagery. The illustrator (1922-2000) was a major American, multi-prize-winning artist who worked several times with Hughes.
Seller: Love Rare Books, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Ted Hughes; Illustrated By Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$65.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.39 + shipping
Description: First edition. * Vorderes fl. Vorsatz mit eigenhändiger Widmung von Leonard Baskin, unterzeichnet mit Leonhard, datiert 1982. - Leonard Baskin (1922 2000) was an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (19422000). One of America`s first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world", often featuring the work of celebrated poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anthony Hecht, and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin`s bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints (wikipedia). Wegen der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. No shipping to Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 28,7/20 cm. 44,4 S. OLeinen mit goldener Rückenprägung und minimal gebrauchtem Schutzumschlag. Recht schön. Mit zahlreichen, z.T. ganzseitigen, farbigen Abbildungen nach Aquarellen von Leonard Baskin.
Seller: Antiquariat Jürgen Fetzer, Wien, Austria
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber, 1981.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Red cloth. Near fine copy in like dustwrapper. Ownership signature of Frieda Hughes.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
HUGHES Ted.; BASKIN Leonard. Under the North Star. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. , 1981.
Price: US$139.13 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to., original red cloth, dust jacket. London, Faber and Faber. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ?For dear Peggy, a happy birthday and many happy returns, with much love from Carol and Ted, 14th may 1981? A near fine copy in dust jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
HUGHES, TED. Under the North Star. Faber & Faber, London, 1981.
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Inscribed by the author: "For Alan best wishes from Ted Hughes 19th November 1984 at Bristol". A fine copy in dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Grogan, London, United Kingdom
Ted Hughes; Illustrated By Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$252.54 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Ted Hughes; Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$252.76 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Ted Hughes; Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$253.25 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Ted Hughes; Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Under the North Star. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Price: US$253.65 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hughes, Ted. Under the North Star. Faber, UK, 1981.
Price: US$283.42 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A bright SIGNED UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded, complete and unclipped. Looks very sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are crisp and white. No foxing. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. This copy has been inscribed by Ted Hughes. The inscription reads : For Patrick and Henry, Greetings and welcome to Durley (?). Ted Hughes. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom