The Diaries of minor poet William Allingham. His posthumously published diaries, including his encounters with the great poets of the day, overshadowed his literary output. Minor shelfwear. Contents prinstine. complete with slipcase. Very good overall. [more...]
A selection of longer poetry from England and America from the fourteenth century to the present day, From Chaucer to Ginsberg. Nice volume and an interesting selection. Limp blue leather, top edge gilt. Some light bumping to covers. Contents bright and cl [more...]
Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's long poem The Princess, inspiration for the opera Princess Ida. In two parts bound as one, the first dated 1911, the second 1896. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities but c [more...]
Handsome leather binding of Longfellow's poems, including his translations, ballads, song of Hiawatha. Gilt decoration to cover, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Nicely printed in double columns with gothic headings. Some slight sunning to spine. Rubbing to [more...]
'With essays on several aspects of Browning's genius.' Volume of essays on Browning with detailed line by line notes from a selection of his poems. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Rubbing and bumping to edges and light scratching/marking to cover. Bindi [more...]
Longmans Green, And Co. for the British Council 1963
Readable account of the great poet and his work. Writers and their Work pamphley no. 163. . Softcovers have some foxing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good [more...]
Ninth impression. Toning to spine of DJ. Mild rubbing t edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown, beneath DJ flap. Contents clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
Nice little edition of Ovid's verse on love. Features archetypal, stylish illustrations by Victor Reinganum. Quarter leather with decorated endpapers. Lacks slipcase. Spine is worn and rubbed but otherwise the volume is tight and clean. Contents are prim [more...]
With one volume with quotations, arranged by author, another on proverbs and a volume on etymology. Nice quarter faux-leather binding. Some mild shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Near fine, [more...]
Quarter Leather Folio Society edition of Sidney's late 16th century collection of interconnected sonnets and poems. With an introduction by Kingsley Hart. Decorated end-papers and matching decoration throughout. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some wea [more...]
Literary essays and verse in honour of Dobree by his former colleagues and students, including Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, Auden and others. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Collection of verse on key moments in English history including Waterloo, Fire of London etc. Including many traditional ballads. Small portion missing from title page. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome limp faux-leather edition of Browning's poems. Top edge gilt. Frontisportrait. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Reprint. Fore-edge rough cut. Small tear to top of spine. Rubbing and wear to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Nice little edition of Ovid's verse on love. Features archetypal, stylish illustrations by Victor Reinganum. Quarter leather with decorated endpapers. Complete with slipcase. Splitting to edges of slipcase. Spine is worn and rubbed but otherwise the volume [more...]
Pleasant edition of Goldsmith's poetry and drama with an introduction by Austin Dobson. Decorative gilt to spine, coloured top-edge. Previous owners name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good condition. [more...]
