Of Mutability ++++ A SUPERB SIGNED & DATED UK 1ST EDITION - 1ST PRINTING - WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BOOK AWARD ++++

London: Faber & Faber. A fine, unread UK first edition, first printing hardback (full number line) in a fine dustjacket (not price-clipped) - fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "Jo Shapcott's award-winning first three collections, gathered in Her Book: Poems 1988¿1998, revealed her to be a writer of ingenuous, politically acute and provocative poetry, and rightly earned her a reputation as one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. In Of Mutability, Shapcott is found writing at her most memorable and bold. In a series of poems that explore the nature of change ¿ in the body and the natural world, and in the shifting relationships between people ¿ these poems look freshly but squarely at mortality. By turns grave and playful, arresting and witty, the poems in Of Mutability celebrate each waking moment as though it might be the last, and in so doing restore wonder to the to the smallest of encounters" - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & DATED: February 2011 - Pictures available upon request. . As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2010.