Nicely produced Classics Club edition of Palgrave great compendium. Grey cloth with Gilt decoration and titling, top edge tinted. Very mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Pleasantly chunky edition of Scott's poetry. Printed on nice textured paper. Gilt and blind-stamped decorated covers. Spine sunned and staining marks to front and rear covers. Some foxing to endpapers. Tanning to page edge. But binding sound and contents [more...]
Poetry selected by R. N. Green-Armytage. Toning to DJ. Light marking and tape repairs. Rubbing to edges. DJ is price clipped. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Nicely produced selection of verse presenting sacred poetry from the middle ages to the present day. Includes work by Tennyson, Rossetti and other plus many anonymous early pieces. Quarter cloth. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. White cloth is a littl [more...]
Charming Folio Society edition of Joanna Richardson's life of Keats with frequent reference to his letters and poetry. Quarter cloth with Cockerell marbled paper boards. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing and heavy toning. [more...]
Milton's 1634 play and 1638 poem. With notes and glossary. General shelf-wear. Previous owner's name to end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
First edition of Masefield's collection of arthurian tales told in verse. Bumping and light rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
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...]
Terrific compendium of poems, proverbs and extracts intended to present the soul of China. With b/w illustrations. With DJ. DJ has some marking and tanning to spine. Red cloth boards and contents are tight and clean. Good condition. [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...]
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...]
