Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's early poems and writings, including his sonnets. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities and some tears and cracking to spine but contents tight and clean. Fair/good overal [more...]
Collection of Ruskin's numerous essays on topics including Travel, Painting, Poetry, Sculpture and ethics. Top edge gilt. Fore edge-rough cut. Offsetting to free end-papers. Mild foxing to front matters. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Magazine of humorous cartoons, stories, poetry and images. With numerous WWII advertisements including those for the RAF and Guinness. Some mild wear and toning to covers. Good+ [more...]
Narrative, semi-autobiographical poem, describing the different paths a woman's life may have taken. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is unnumbered. With illustrations by Anna Zinkeisen. DJ has tears and chips to edges. Cream cloth boards are prim and [more...]
Edifying verse for children with colour illustrations by violet jacobs. Toning and rubbing to spine. very light foxing for fore-edge. Contents clean and sound. Good. [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...]
