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	W.M. (LITERARY EXECUTOR) The works of Francis Thompson: 3 vols. Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1925, 22nd thousand (vol.1); 18th thousand (vol.2); no issue number (vol.3).Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.in publisher's green buckram, top edge gilt, impressed design (Crown of Thorns) on front cover, title pages in black and red.Vol.1: Poems: Frontispiece photograph of author (age 19) with tissue guard, xv, 226, (10) pp.; Vol.2: Poems: Frontispiece portrait of author drawn by Neville Lytton 1907, xvii, 228 pp; Vol.3: Prose: donor's inscription (dated 1928); frontispiece portrait of author by Everard Meynell, 1903, xv, 291 pp.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1646 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ABRAHAM, ASHLEY P. (COMP.); FOREWORD BY HUGH WALPOLE Poems of Lakeland: an anthology Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York, 1934.Publisher's green cloth, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Bookplate showing a book-lined study with desk and window (inscr.1944); spine sl.rubbed, portion torn from pp.155-6 not quite affecting text, minor foxing on endpapers.Illustrated with 12 full-page monochrome photographs and col.frontispiece.Includes poems by Casson, Coleridge, Dalton, North, Oxland, Walton and both Elizabeth and William Wordsworth. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 553 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ALBERT, E. A history of English literature George G.Harrap & Co. 1943, Reprint of new revised edition of 1923 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, owner's signatures, corners bumped, white marks on spine.544 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1889 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE; INTRODUCTION BY PENELOPE HUGHES-HALLETT My Dear Cassandra': The illustrated letters [Jane Austen] Collins & Brown, 1991, Reprint of 1990 edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./good, wrapper sl.scratched.A somewhat precious attempt to interpret and illustrate Austen's letters, arranged chronologically with an introduction to each chapter and commentaries (in italics) on the letters' contents.Mainly for Austen fans.160 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1846 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BACON, FRANCIS; EDITED BY RICHARD WILSON Essays and other writings of Francis Bacon J.M.Dent & Sons, 1937, Reprint, first published in this edition in 1924; The Kings Treasuries of Liverature, no.106.Hard covers, no wrapper.Fair /No Jacket.Fair, speckled with paint, waterstain on rear cover.Owner's signature on p.25.256 pp. with pencil notes throughout, ink notes on rear e.p. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1693 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LIVERPOOL REPERTORY THEATRE; NIGEL BALCHIN The Playhouse: programme for ""The leader of the House"" The Playhouse, Williamson Square, Liverpool, 1960.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .Maud Carpenter's Liverpool Repertory Theatre Ltd produced this first theatrical version of Nigel Balchin's radio play, originally broadcast in 1959.The programme includes a note previewing their next production, 'Hedda Gabler', to be produced there for the first time.Interesting cast list.Unpaginated (8 pp.).V.g.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 1975 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BARNETT, ANNIE (EDITOR) A little book of English prose Methuen & Co. 1919, 4th edition, first published 1900.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. tissue-guarded frontispiece of Addison by Kneller.""Selections from 82 of the finest English writers from Chaucer onwards"" - blurb.xi, 335 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1736 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BAXTER, J.D. The witch of Pendle: a play of Tudor days Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London, n.d.[1909].Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .Printed in Blackburn, Lancashire by J.& J.Toulmin, ""Times"" printing works, Northgate, this rare play should appeal to Spenser enthusiasts.It involves a cast of characters ranging from Queen Elizabeth the First to Edmund Spenser himself.Also appearing are the Witch, Gammer Gray, Dame Dyneley the widow, and of course Rose Dyneley.There is the inevitable astrologer and alchymist, Dr Dee, and the exuberant Tristram Magnificenza, an adventurer and follower of Raleigh.There are some other minor characters, and Moll and Tibb, serving maids, complete the cast.The play opens at Dyneley manor-house, and moves via the corner of the Pleasaunce to the kitchen of the tavern of the Three Fishes inthe ""Castled Town"" (Clitheroe, presumably).Passing on to a barber's shop in the same town, the first Act finishes back at the Pleasaunce.Act Two introduces us to the Witch's Turret, and Act Three takes place partly in a Ruined Abbey (Whalley, one assumes).The concluding Act takes place mainly at the Hall in Read with a brief excursion to Merlin Ride.The book is bound in publisher's red buckram with gold lettering on spine and a motif on the front; some sunning around the edges.Some foxing throughout, except for frontispiece, a monochrome photo of a painting of Spenser's Cottage, Burnley by permission of Messrs.Raphael, Tuck & Sons, which is printed on better-quality paper.104 pp.A note on p.[2] facing the first page of the 'Historical Introduction' states that ""Musical setting to Lyrics may be obtained from the composer, Dr Christie Green, Adelaide Terrace, Blackburn"".In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 555 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEECHING, H.C. (NEW EDITION BY W. SKEAT) The poetical works of John Milton Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1944, New edition of 1938, reprinted twice.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good; a few pencil notes in text, notes on ffep and colophon page.xiii, (3) including facsimiles of t.p.s of original editions, 679 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1640 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOURDILLON, F.W. (TRANSLATOR); ILLUSTRATED BY MARJORIE NASH Aucassin and Nicolette T.N.Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1911, 1st edition thus.Hard covers, with brown cloth spine with gilt title and decoration and blue illustrated boards.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. bookplate of Mary A.Arnold.Title and running heads in red.A traditional French story interspersed with ballads in rhyming verse.The illustrations, in full colour, are tipped in to darker grey wove paper.The book is untrimmed, giving it a somewhat rustic feel.80 pp. plus (4) pages of publisher's advertisements at rear.In English. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 46.65 \| JP¥ 4150] Book number: 2455 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BYRON, LORD The poetical works of Byron Oxford University Press, 1945, Reprint of Oxford Standard Authors series, first published 1904.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./good, jacket a little frayed at edge, spine browned.Entirely reset edition; 'bible paper'; internally clean.ix, 923 pp.In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 1637 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CRANE, RICHARD (EDITOR) Panthers and polyanthers: new writing from Sussex University 2007 Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, 2007.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.Anthology of creative writing by final year students for the Certificate in Creative Writing.Illustrations by Sonia Smith.(6), 117 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3120 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE Les lettres de mon moulin: 2 volumes Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1947.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Good, cover stained and (vol.1) torn, 1 signature badly trimmed.Vol.1: 93 pp; vol.2: 90 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1911 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAVIES, W.H. The autobiography of a super-tramp; preface by G. Bernard Shaw Jonathan Cape, 1946, Reprint; first published in 1908.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good/ No Jacket.Owner's signature, library stamp on t.p.A classic of travel literature: the prototype ""rough guide"".318 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1999 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DEE, C.H. (COMPILER) The heart of friendship [and] The book of friendship John Hamilton Ltd. n.d.[c.1930], 2 vols.Red and black title pages; ""Sundial Edition"", Friendship series.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. first volume inscribed 'Christmas 1930'.Anthology of short philosophical statements.Attractive impressed design on front boards, gilt title on spine.In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 1723 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DRABBLE, MARGARET; PHOTOGRAPHED BY JORGE LEWINSKI A writer's Britain: landscape in literature Thames and Hudson, 1987, Reprint of 1984 paperback edition, first published 1977.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. cover just starting to lose its plastic coating.An interesting take on the more usual 'landscape' book, analysing the effect Britain's scenery had on writers.288 pp. good bibliography and index. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1840 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELIOT, T.S. Four quartets Faber and Faber, 1946, 4th impression, first published in this edition1944.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.V.g./fair, wrapper torn, front lower corner bumped; owner's inscription dated 1947 (St.Anne's Society, Oxford).Includes Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding.Printed by MacLehose, Glasgow.44 pp.In English. GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 179.25 US$ 266.56 \| JP¥ 23712] Book number: 1684 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELIOT, T.S. Poems 1909-1925 Faber & Faber, 1937, 3rd reprint of 2nd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g. spine sl.sunned; foxing of e.p.s; owner's signature.Pencil annotations in text.128 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1626 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GALSWORTHY, ADA & JOHN Ex Libris John Galsworthy: selected by himself and A.G. William Heinemann, London, 1933, 1st edition; printed in red and black.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fine /No Jacket.Fine (lacks d.j.) in 1930s art binding of green (?pigskin) leather, linear gold tooling, 'J.G.' monogram on front, undecorated raised bands, spine somewhat sunned, sll.foxing on outer edge of pages not affecting text.Includes charming 'art deco' illustrations by Rudolf H.Sauter (who also illustrated Galsworth's ""The awakening""). In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 562 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GLASS, DUDLEY (BASED ON A STORY BY BEATRIX POTTER) Peter Rabbit: a musical play for children Warne, London, 1951, Warne Playlets for Children.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.sunned at bottom left, various annotations and directions in the text.Unusual example of a 'spin-off' published by Warne.24 pp. stage plans (p.6).In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 1043 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRANVILLE-BARKER, H. & HARRISON, G.B. (EDITORS) A companion to Shakespeare studies Cambridge University Press, 1946, Reprint, first published 1934.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./ Good .Jacket sl.dusted, prize bookplate, bookseller's discreet label at foot of f.e.p. small spot on fore-edge.xi, 410 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2104 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GUILLAUME DE MACHAULT, EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS, CHRISTINE DE PISA, CHARLES D'ORLEANS, FRANCOIS VILLON, OLIVIER BASSELIN, JEAN LE HOUX, CLEMENT MAROT, MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS, PIERRE DE RONSARD, JOACHIM DU BELLAY, LOUISE LABAY AND MARIE STUART, AKA MARY QUEEN OF Formal spring: French renaissance poems, with translations by R.N. Currey Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1950, 1st edition thus.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Slight staining on end papers, top half-inch of jacket's spine missing, top edge of jacket frayed, otherwise a clean sound copy.An attractively printed collection of early French verse.Each author's section begins with a brief biographical sketch by the translator, in English.The main text is printed in parallel with French on the verso and English on the facing recto.3 pp.of notes at rear.xxi, 159 pp.; bibliography. In English and French parallel edition. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 2457 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEATS, JOHN (EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS) Poems J.M.Dent & Sons, 1940, Reprint of 1906 edition; Everyman's Library no.101.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./ good, wrapper chipped.xxii, (1), 383, 8 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1629 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAMB, CHARLES AND MARY Tales from Shakespeare Ward, Lock & Co. London, n.d. Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket frayed, internally little used.Handy summary of Shakespeare's plot lines.256 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2772 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEAR, EDWARD; INTRODUCTION BY SIR E. STRACHEY Edward Lear's nonsense omnibus Frederick Warne & Co. 1943, 1st published in Omnibus style 1943 from the Original Authentic Editions .Green cloth, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.were it not for some childish scrawl on front cover, top edge dusted.""The Pelicans"" and ""The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo"" are set to music on pp.306-307 and 316-317 respectively; elsewhere the text is illustrated by Lear's characteristic humorous sketches (the frontispiece includes a self-portrait ""showing a doubting stranger his name in his hat to prove that Edward Lear was a man and not merely a name"".) Almost half the book is devoted to limericks; touchingly, many of them incorporate the names of places in Italy and elsewhere that he visited as a watercolourist.480 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 544 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	W.M. (LITERARY EXECUTOR) The works of Francis Thompson: 3 vols. Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1925, 22nd thousand (vol.1); 18th thousand (vol.2); no issue number (vol.3).Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.in publisher's green buckram, top edge gilt, impressed design (Crown of Thorns) on front cover, title pages in black and red.Vol.1: Poems: Frontispiece photograph of author (age 19) with tissue guard, xv, 226, (10) pp.; Vol.2: Poems: Frontispiece portrait of author drawn by Neville Lytton 1907, xvii, 228 pp; Vol.3: Prose: donor's inscription (dated 1928); frontispiece portrait of author by Everard Meynell, 1903, xv, 291 pp.In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 1646 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ABRAHAM, ASHLEY P. (COMP.); FOREWORD BY HUGH WALPOLE Poems of Lakeland: an anthology Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York, 1934.Publisher's green cloth, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Bookplate showing a book-lined study with desk and window (inscr.1944); spine sl.rubbed, portion torn from pp.155-6 not quite affecting text, minor foxing on endpapers.Illustrated with 12 full-page monochrome photographs and col.frontispiece.Includes poems by Casson, Coleridge, Dalton, North, Oxland, Walton and both Elizabeth and William Wordsworth. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 553 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ALBERT, E. A history of English literature George G.Harrap & Co. 1943, Reprint of new revised edition of 1923 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, owner's signatures, corners bumped, white marks on spine.544 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1889 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE; INTRODUCTION BY PENELOPE HUGHES-HALLETT My Dear Cassandra': The illustrated letters [Jane Austen] Collins & Brown, 1991, Reprint of 1990 edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./good, wrapper sl.scratched.A somewhat precious attempt to interpret and illustrate Austen's letters, arranged chronologically with an introduction to each chapter and commentaries (in italics) on the letters' contents.Mainly for Austen fans.160 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1846 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BACON, FRANCIS; EDITED BY RICHARD WILSON Essays and other writings of Francis Bacon J.M.Dent & Sons, 1937, Reprint, first published in this edition in 1924; The Kings Treasuries of Liverature, no.106.Hard covers, no wrapper.Fair /No Jacket.Fair, speckled with paint, waterstain on rear cover.Owner's signature on p.25.256 pp. with pencil notes throughout, ink notes on rear e.p. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1693 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LIVERPOOL REPERTORY THEATRE; NIGEL BALCHIN The Playhouse: programme for ""The leader of the House"" The Playhouse, Williamson Square, Liverpool, 1960.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .Maud Carpenter's Liverpool Repertory Theatre Ltd produced this first theatrical version of Nigel Balchin's radio play, originally broadcast in 1959.The programme includes a note previewing their next production, 'Hedda Gabler', to be produced there for the first time.Interesting cast list.Unpaginated (8 pp.).V.g.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 1975 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BARNETT, ANNIE (EDITOR) A little book of English prose Methuen & Co. 1919, 4th edition, first published 1900.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. tissue-guarded frontispiece of Addison by Kneller.""Selections from 82 of the finest English writers from Chaucer onwards"" - blurb.xi, 335 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1736 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BAXTER, J.D. The witch of Pendle: a play of Tudor days Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London, n.d.[1909].Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./ No Jacket .Printed in Blackburn, Lancashire by J.& J.Toulmin, ""Times"" printing works, Northgate, this rare play should appeal to Spenser enthusiasts.It involves a cast of characters ranging from Queen Elizabeth the First to Edmund Spenser himself.Also appearing are the Witch, Gammer Gray, Dame Dyneley the widow, and of course Rose Dyneley.There is the inevitable astrologer and alchymist, Dr Dee, and the exuberant Tristram Magnificenza, an adventurer and follower of Raleigh.There are some other minor characters, and Moll and Tibb, serving maids, complete the cast.The play opens at Dyneley manor-house, and moves via the corner of the Pleasaunce to the kitchen of the tavern of the Three Fishes inthe ""Castled Town"" (Clitheroe, presumably).Passing on to a barber's shop in the same town, the first Act finishes back at the Pleasaunce.Act Two introduces us to the Witch's Turret, and Act Three takes place partly in a Ruined Abbey (Whalley, one assumes).The concluding Act takes place mainly at the Hall in Read with a brief excursion to Merlin Ride.The book is bound in publisher's red buckram with gold lettering on spine and a motif on the front; some sunning around the edges.Some foxing throughout, except for frontispiece, a monochrome photo of a painting of Spenser's Cottage, Burnley by permission of Messrs.Raphael, Tuck & Sons, which is printed on better-quality paper.104 pp.A note on p.[2] facing the first page of the 'Historical Introduction' states that ""Musical setting to Lyrics may be obtained from the composer, Dr Christie Green, Adelaide Terrace, Blackburn"".In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 555 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEECHING, H.C. (NEW EDITION BY W. SKEAT) The poetical works of John Milton Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1944, New edition of 1938, reprinted twice.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good; a few pencil notes in text, notes on ffep and colophon page.xiii, (3) including facsimiles of t.p.s of original editions, 679 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1640 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BOURDILLON, F.W. (TRANSLATOR); ILLUSTRATED BY MARJORIE NASH Aucassin and Nicolette T.N.Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1911, 1st edition thus.Hard covers, with brown cloth spine with gilt title and decoration and blue illustrated boards.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. bookplate of Mary A.Arnold.Title and running heads in red.A traditional French story interspersed with ballads in rhyming verse.The illustrations, in full colour, are tipped in to darker grey wove paper.The book is untrimmed, giving it a somewhat rustic feel.80 pp. plus (4) pages of publisher's advertisements at rear.In English. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 46.65 \| JP¥ 4150] Book number: 2455 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BYRON, LORD The poetical works of Byron Oxford University Press, 1945, Reprint of Oxford Standard Authors series, first published 1904.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./good, jacket a little frayed at edge, spine browned.Entirely reset edition; 'bible paper'; internally clean.ix, 923 pp.In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 1637 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CRANE, RICHARD (EDITOR) Panthers and polyanthers: new writing from Sussex University 2007 Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, 2007.Paper covers.As new /No Jacket.Anthology of creative writing by final year students for the Certificate in Creative Writing.Illustrations by Sonia Smith.(6), 117 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3120 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAUDET, ALPHONSE Les lettres de mon moulin: 2 volumes Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1947.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Good, cover stained and (vol.1) torn, 1 signature badly trimmed.Vol.1: 93 pp; vol.2: 90 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1911 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAVIES, W.H. The autobiography of a super-tramp; preface by G. Bernard Shaw Jonathan Cape, 1946, Reprint; first published in 1908.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good/ No Jacket.Owner's signature, library stamp on t.p.A classic of travel literature: the prototype ""rough guide"".318 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1999 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DEE, C.H. (COMPILER) The heart of friendship [and] The book of friendship John Hamilton Ltd. n.d.[c.1930], 2 vols.Red and black title pages; ""Sundial Edition"", Friendship series.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. first volume inscribed 'Christmas 1930'.Anthology of short philosophical statements.Attractive impressed design on front boards, gilt title on spine.In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 1723 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DRABBLE, MARGARET; PHOTOGRAPHED BY JORGE LEWINSKI A writer's Britain: landscape in literature Thames and Hudson, 1987, Reprint of 1984 paperback edition, first published 1977.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. cover just starting to lose its plastic coating.An interesting take on the more usual 'landscape' book, analysing the effect Britain's scenery had on writers.288 pp. good bibliography and index. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1840 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELIOT, T.S. Four quartets Faber and Faber, 1946, 4th impression, first published in this edition1944.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.V.g./fair, wrapper torn, front lower corner bumped; owner's inscription dated 1947 (St.Anne's Society, Oxford).Includes Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding.Printed by MacLehose, Glasgow.44 pp.In English. GBP 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 179.25 US$ 266.56 \| JP¥ 23712] Book number: 1684 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ELIOT, T.S. Poems 1909-1925 Faber & Faber, 1937, 3rd reprint of 2nd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g. spine sl.sunned; foxing of e.p.s; owner's signature.Pencil annotations in text.128 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1626 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GALSWORTHY, ADA & JOHN Ex Libris John Galsworthy: selected by himself and A.G. William Heinemann, London, 1933, 1st edition; printed in red and black.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fine /No Jacket.Fine (lacks d.j.) in 1930s art binding of green (?pigskin) leather, linear gold tooling, 'J.G.' monogram on front, undecorated raised bands, spine somewhat sunned, sll.foxing on outer edge of pages not affecting text.Includes charming 'art deco' illustrations by Rudolf H.Sauter (who also illustrated Galsworth's ""The awakening""). In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 562 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GLASS, DUDLEY (BASED ON A STORY BY BEATRIX POTTER) Peter Rabbit: a musical play for children Warne, London, 1951, Warne Playlets for Children.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover sl.sunned at bottom left, various annotations and directions in the text.Unusual example of a 'spin-off' published by Warne.24 pp. stage plans (p.6).In English. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 1043 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GRANVILLE-BARKER, H. & HARRISON, G.B. (EDITORS) A companion to Shakespeare studies Cambridge University Press, 1946, Reprint, first published 1934.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./ Good .Jacket sl.dusted, prize bookplate, bookseller's discreet label at foot of f.e.p. small spot on fore-edge.xi, 410 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2104 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GUILLAUME DE MACHAULT, EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS, CHRISTINE DE PISA, CHARLES D'ORLEANS, FRANCOIS VILLON, OLIVIER BASSELIN, JEAN LE HOUX, CLEMENT MAROT, MELLIN DE SAINT-GELAIS, PIERRE DE RONSARD, JOACHIM DU BELLAY, LOUISE LABAY AND MARIE STUART, AKA MARY QUEEN OF Formal spring: French renaissance poems, with translations by R.N. Currey Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1950, 1st edition thus.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Slight staining on end papers, top half-inch of jacket's spine missing, top edge of jacket frayed, otherwise a clean sound copy.An attractively printed collection of early French verse.Each author's section begins with a brief biographical sketch by the translator, in English.The main text is printed in parallel with French on the verso and English on the facing recto.3 pp.of notes at rear.xxi, 159 pp.; bibliography. In English and French parallel edition. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 2457 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEATS, JOHN (EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS) Poems J.M.Dent & Sons, 1940, Reprint of 1906 edition; Everyman's Library no.101.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g./ good, wrapper chipped.xxii, (1), 383, 8 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1629 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LAMB, CHARLES AND MARY Tales from Shakespeare Ward, Lock & Co. London, n.d. Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket frayed, internally little used.Handy summary of Shakespeare's plot lines.256 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2772 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEAR, EDWARD; INTRODUCTION BY SIR E. STRACHEY Edward Lear's nonsense omnibus Frederick Warne & Co. 1943, 1st published in Omnibus style 1943 from the Original Authentic Editions .Green cloth, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.were it not for some childish scrawl on front cover, top edge dusted.""The Pelicans"" and ""The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo"" are set to music on pp.306-307 and 316-317 respectively; elsewhere the text is illustrated by Lear's characteristic humorous sketches (the frontispiece includes a self-portrait ""showing a doubting stranger his name in his hat to prove that Edward Lear was a man and not merely a name"".) Almost half the book is devoted to limericks; touchingly, many of them incorporate the names of places in Italy and elsewhere that he visited as a watercolourist.480 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 544 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.