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Adcock, St. John.
A BOOK OF BOHEMIANS. Verses by ...
Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd., N.d. c.[1925]. Slim 8vo. [x] + [26]pp. Illus. title page, 12 tipped in plates by Fred Adlington, with decorations. E.ps. browned, some very light marginal browning, fore-edge uncut unopened in parts, original cloth backed dec. blue and yellow boards, extremities rubbed, some minor fading, corrners bumped with some wear.
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Book number: 280012
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Arnold, Matthew.
POEMS. Early Poems, Narrative Poems and Sonnets. Lyric and Elegiac Poems. Dramatic and Later Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885-88. 3 vols. Some light marginal browning, half titles spotted, marbled e.ps. and edges, inner gilt dentelles, gilt filleted edges sl. bumped to corners, full dec. gilt edged dark red prize calf with large gilt emblem to boards, gilt filleted raised bands dec. gilt compartments and gilt lettered green leather title label to sl. faded spines.
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Book number: 287853
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 88 US$ 93.22 | JP¥ 14387]
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Austin, William.
THE POEMS Edited with an Introduction by Anne Ridler.
Perpetua Press, Oxford, 1983. Thin 4to. xv + 31pp. + [i]. Rubric t.p. Ex.-libris W. Hilton Kelliher, gilt lettered buckram backed boards gilt device to upper board, enclosed in sl. dented card slipcase as issued.
¶ No. 49 of a Limited Edition of 150 Copies. Signed by the Editor and Publisher with prospectus loosely inserted.
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Book number: 255918
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Bewick, Thomas. (Illustrator).
A COUNTRY ZODIAC. An Anthology of Prose and Verse.
Zodiac Books, 1948. 1st Ed. Sm. Slim 8vo. 54pp. + [ii]. Numerous woodcuts. E.ps. lightly spotted, ownership inscription, original dec. boards rubbed to extremities, spine lightly browned and sl. chipped.
¶ Zodiac Books, No. 3.
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Blake, William.
POEMS BY MR GRAY. Illustrated by ...
Folio Society, 2013. 2 volumes. Facsimile Reprint, folio 43 x 34cm. Colour ills. throughout, Brown half Nigerian goatskin leather backed colour ills. boards with gilt lettering to spine and matching gilt lettered label to upper board; Large 8vo. Commentary by Irene Taylor. Edited with a new foreword by Martin Butlin. Large 8vo. 25 x 16cm. Original grey cloth with gilt lettered spine and paper title label to upper board. Gold e.ps., together enclosed in matching brown buckram solander presentation box with gilt lettered leather label to spine.
¶ No. 41 of a Limited Edition of 1000 Numbered copies and 20 Lettered copies.
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Book number: 281781
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Brown, George Mackay.
THE COLLECTED POEMS. Edited by Archie Bevan and Brian Murray.
John Murray, 2005. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxii + [ii] + 547pp. + [v]. Map. Some very light marginal browning, good in d/w. very lightly faded to spine.
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Book number: 282378
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Burns, Robert.
THE COMPLETE WORKS. Containing His Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and Other Artists. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham.
George Virtue, N.d. c.[1840]. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. [vi] + 228pp. Engraved port. frontis., additional engraved t.p., 70 engraved plates. Some sporadic browning and spotting, some tissue guards are pink, contemporary double gilt rule edged half morocco with cloth boards, some marking and spotting, dec. gilt ruling and motifs to spine, a.e.g.
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Book number: 274915
GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 58.75 US$ 62.14 | JP¥ 9591]
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(Byron). Heys, Alistair and Kostadinova, Vitana.
BYRON AND THE ISLES OF IMAGINATION: A Romantic Chart.
Context Publishing House, Bulgaria, 2009. viii + 254pp. Good in original pictorial sl. padded boards.
¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘Best wishes, Alistair.’
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(Byron). Finden’s
LANDSCAPE & PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS to the Life and Works of LORD BYRON.
John Murray, 1833-4. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Engraved vignette t.ps., 123 engraved plates (6.1" x 8.8"). Some light browning, marbled e.ps., inner gilt turn-ins, black gilt tooled morocco, minor rubbing with boards sl. warped, a.e.g.
¶ The Landscape Illustrations were issued in parallel to Murray’s Life and Works, initially published in parts 1833-4 [as above], later appearing with descriptive text by Brockenden in a three-volume collected edition. In their published book form the vignettes and title-page vignettes were issued in foolscap 8vo book size i.e 6 ¾ x 4 ¼ ins, as well as the various quarto collected editions. Artists including Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, David Roberts, J.D.Harding, A W Callcott, J F Lewis, Samuel Prout, etc.
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Book number: 277278
GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 292.75 US$ 310.72 | JP¥ 47956]
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Campbell, Thomas.
THE PLEASURES OF HOPE, With Other Poems.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816. New Ed. Slim 12mo. [x] + 136pp. Frontis., 3 plates. Plates lightly offset, ownership signature to top edge of t.p., half calf with marbled boards, some minor rubbing, gilt ruled bands and gilt lettered leather title label to spine.
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Book number: 267251
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Campbell, Thomas.
THE POETICAL WORKS. Reprinted from the Early Editions. With Memoir, Explanatory Notes etc.
Frederick Warne & Co., N.d. c.[1900]. [xvi] + 310pp. Head of upper hinge sl. tender but firm, gilt lettered full straight grained maroon morocco, sl. rubbed to edges and head and tail of spine, a.e.g., unusual binding with wavy edge to fore-edge of boards and pages.
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Book number: 280558
GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 43.5 | JP¥ 6714]
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Casti, Giambatista,
GLI ANIMALI PARLANTI POEMA.
London: Printed for Ch. Frid Molini ..., 1822. Sm. thick 8vo. [iv] + 633pp. + [ii]. Engraved frontis. title page and additional engraved title page. Light age toning, marbled e.ps., contemporary vellum, gilt ruling and gilt lettered label to spine, some soiling,
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Book number: 283540
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Coffey, Brian.
MONSTER A Concrete Poem. Decorated by John Parsons.
Advent Books., 1966. 1st Ed. Landscape 4to. 14 colour ills. leaves of poetry. From the Library of James Sellars, on card bound concertina style. to open up as a long poster, top and bottom sheets sl. chipped and creased, lightly browned.
¶ No. 298 of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Scarce, the first work published under his own press Advent Books. James Sellars (1927-2000) Painter, Printmaker, Teacher (of amongst others Graham Stuart Ovenden ‘one of his most important teachers was James Sellars, an expert on Samuel Palmer’), expert on and Author of works on Samuel Palmer.
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Book number: 272580
GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 175.75 US$ 186.43 | JP¥ 28773]
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Cox, C.B. and Dyson, A.E. (Editors).
CRITICAL QUARTERLY. Volume 5, Number 1.
..., Spring 1963. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. 96pp. Lightly browned original pictorial limp card wrapps., very minor rubbing to extremities.
¶ With ‘Raymond Williams on Modern Tragedy,’ ‘Bernard Bergonzi on Evelyn Waugh,’ ‘Ted Hughes on Keith Douglas,’ Joseph Cady & Ian Watt on Jane Austen,’ ‘Richard Hoggart on Autobiographies,’ ‘ Excerpt from ‘Wildtrack’ John Wain’s new long poem,’ ‘Poems by Theodore Roethke Sylvia Plath & Jon Stallworthy.’
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Book number: 279951
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Dobson, Austin.
POEMS On Several Occasions.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1895. 2 vols. 274pp. + x + 276pp. Red & black lettered title page. Etched port. frontis., 7 proof impressions of the etchings. Handmade paper. Bookplates, some sporadic light spotting, e.ps. lightly browned and spotted, hinges sl. tender but firm, original gilt lettered dec. gilt beige cloth, minor soiling and rubbing, corners sl. bumped, fore and lower edge uncut, head of upper joint to vol. 2 sl. chipped, spines browned and sl. bumped at head and tail.
¶ No. 74 of a Limited Edition of 200 Copies. Signed by the Author to portrait frontispiece.
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Book number: 283334
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