Oxford At the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press 1902
Half Vellum edition of Quiller Couch's popular collection of english verse from Chaucer and anonymous poets of the 13th century to Kipling and his contemporaries. With gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper to boards and end-papers. Top edge gilt. Toning [more...]
Pleasant, scarce illustrated edition of Stevenson's collection of poetry for children. With numerous colour and b/w illustrations by Eulalie Minfred Banks. Lacks DJ but with a protective jacket. Some light shelf-wear to spine. Contents bright and clean. [more...]
Humourous poems describing children from all over the world. With 30 colour plates. Quarter cloth. Oblong 4to. Heavy rubbing, toning and spotting to edges of covers. Tanning and spotting to page edges and within. Binding sound. Fair/ [more...]
Pleasant collection of verse to accompany the months and seasons of the year. Illustrated and decorated by the author with b/w images and colour plates. All edges gilt, decorated end-papers. square 4to. No date but c. 1882. Spine is toned with rubbing and [more...]
Pleasant collection of verse to accompany the months and seasons of the year. Illustrated and decorated by the author with b/w images and colour plates. All edges gilt, decorated end-papers. square 4to. Decorative cloth, beveled edges. No date but c. 1882. [more...]
Impressive decorative binding of Cowper's poems, with a memoir of the author plus b/w illustrations by Hugh Cameron. Decorative purple cloth with gilt design and terrific debossed gilt emblem to cover. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Toning to spine. Mild [more...]
Pleasant Tauchnitz edition of selections from Morris' poems, including Sigurd the Volsung, Guenivere and parts of the Earthly Paradise among others. With a memoir by Hueffer. Sunning to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and name to title [more...]
Nicely produced edition of Motion's second collection of poems. One of a run of 600 hardback editions. With decorated endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page. DJ has a small closed tear to top edge and a smudge to cover. Contents clean and tight [more...]
Collection of humorous verse about WWI and specifically the YMCA, who provided support to the army and war effort both at home and at the front lines. With numerous colour illustrations by Joyce Dennys. No date but c. 1917. Printed on khaki coloured paper. [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1939. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche of notable vers [more...]
The collected poetical works of Lord Byron, complete in one volume, including The Childe Harold's pilgrimmage, Don Juan etc. Printed in double columns. Illustrated with 10 b/w engraved plates, plus frontispiece and engraved title page. With several pages of [more...]
Pleasant illustrated edition of Wordsworth's collected poetical works. Decorative red cloth. All edges gilt. Tissue guarded plates. Rubbing and fraying to top and tail of spine. Bumping to corners. Mild foxing within. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
First Kegan, Paul vellum edition of Tennyson's acclaimed verse requiem for a deceased friend. Containing of course, the line: 'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all'. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Toning and mild creasing to [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1953. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche of popular song [more...]
Charming little illustrated edition of Longfellow's 1840 poem. Chromolithographic images and text, with decorated initials. Quarter cloth. Toning to cover, mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and sound. Very good overall. [more...]
No Date but c. 1880. Collection of charming verse for Children with chromolithographic illustrations by Charles Kendrick. Rubbing to edges with some fraying to joints. Front hinge split. Toning and spotting within. Fair. [more...]
Charming collection of French verse and song, with music, translated into English. With colour illustrations. With maps to end-papers. 4to. Mild rubbing to page edges. Light tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Splendidly and brightly coloured, illustrated collection of nursery rhymes by the well known artists and inventor, Kubasta. 4to. Rubbing and tearing to spine, rubbing to edges. Wear to front hinge. Mild toning within, else sound. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nicely rebound, half-leather binding of Browning's earlier poetical works. Including her sonnets etc. Blue Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end-papers and matching marbling to boards and page edges. Frontis [more...]
