Beautifully illustrated collection of short verse/lines on flowers by Crane, with each flower represented by people in costume. Decorated end-papers. 4to. Marking to cover. Rubbing to edges with some tear/fraying to spine. Very mild toning to edges. Bind [more...]
Very scarce collection of amusing tales told in verse, illustrated throughout by BART in colour. 4to. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Some light foxing to page edges and toning within, else clean and tight. Goo [more...]
Special limited edition of Masefield's collection of poetry. Featuring A letter from Pontus, an extended piece on Ovid's exile to Tomi. Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 55. Quarter Vellum with decorative paper. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough [more...]
The rare deluxe Heron full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Containing all his plays; his longer poems, The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis; and all of his sonnets. These compact volumes are in full leather and blocked with 23ct gold. W [more...]
Handsome edition of Betjeman's complete poetical works, with an introduction by Lord Birkenhead. red faux-leather covers with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents bright and clean. Near fine. [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1965. 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...]
24 volumes bound as 8. Nice set of Chamber's miscellany 'containing a choice selection of interesting and instructive reading for the old and the young.' Featuring hundreds (thousands) of short stories, poems and articles on a variety of subjects. Rather di [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Pleasant full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete dramatic Works, divided into Comedies, Tragedies and Histories. Each with an original, quite excellent engraved frontispiece. Publisher's soft leather binding with gilt decoration. [more...]
Leather binding of Rogers' poetical works. Full mottled leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With inner dentelles. marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 32mo. Previous repairs to front joint. With original spine and front board reinforced. Rubbing and [more...]
Beautiful example of this collection of nursery rhymes with chromolithographic illustrations and design by Margaret Evans Price. Tall 4to. Light rubbing to spine. Occasional smalll toning/smudges within, nevertheless a very pleasing copy. Near fine. [more...]
Collection of verse and story, with colour illustrations throughout by May Smith. 4to. Wear to edges and toning to spine. Cracking to front hinge but binding holding, occasional toning/spotting within, Fair+ [more...]
Collection of humourous verse by Davis, illustrated throughout by Harry B. Neilson. With numerous b/w illustrations and colour frontispiece. 4to. Recently re-backed with original covers laid down, new end-papers. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clea [more...]
Handsome special edition of Gogarty's collected poems. Limited to 500 copies. Gogarty was a well known figure around Dublin and Trinity College in the early 20th century. He pursed his own literary career as well featuring in the memoirs of other Irish writ [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1957. 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...]
Nicely presented collection of verse retellings of new testament bible episodes. With colour plates throughout, decorated initials. All edges gilt. Beveled edges. 4to. Some mild rubbing to edges. Foxing within and mild offsetting from plates. Binding s [more...]
Nicely produced edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated from the French version of J. B. Nicolas, with the original french text facing the english translation. With notes and an introduction by Edward Heron-Allen. With 16 stylish colour illustra [more...]
Charming collection of nature themed poetry chosen from a wide variety of authors including Bryant, Wordsworth, Holmes, Lowell, Keats plus some lesser known poets. Interesting prize binding. Half leather with marbled boards and matching marbling to endpapers [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1959. 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...]
Early edition of verse by the scottish academic, published under a pseudonym. Contains the sonnet, True love. Handsome red cloth covers with gilt and blind stamped decoration with cartouche. Colour frontispiece. 32mo. Frontispiece is coming loose. Tanning t [more...]
Nicely bound and produced copy of Longfellow's poetical works. Including Hiawatha and the Courtship of Miles Standish etc. Full leather, tree calf binding, with raised bands and gilt decoration. Inner dentelles. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Printed [more...]
