Childish, Billy (pseud. Steven John Hamper). Six signed first edition paperbacks, some with dedications. The lot comprising 2003 photo-booth, signed and marked Artist Proof to front cover; 1999 i'd rather you lied selected poems 1980-1998, signed to ffep; 1984 Poems from the Barrier Block, signed to title page; 1994 Poems to break the harts of impossible princesses, with signature and dedication to Caroline, signed love billy xx; 1997 A Terrible Hunger for Love - Early Unpublished Poetry, signed To Todd regards billy; and 1997 notebooks of a naked youth, signed to printed woodblock, with variant paper cover laid down over the original. All in the publisher's orig. paperback or paper wraps, light shelfwear. A good collection, containing poetry, novels, photographs and examples of Childish's art. Largest 8vo.
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