Rogers, Samuel

Human life, a poem, Lines written at Paestum, March 4, 1815 and The boy of Egremond.

John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in leather with gilt titles and decoration, blindstamped borders, spine has 4 raised bands of black leather with gilt decoration, gilt partially rubbed away at fore edges bumped at corners, name on second blank endpaper. 100 pages, marbled endpapers and page edges. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 57985

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Leather bindings Poems & poetry 19th century literary life

Rossetti, D. G.

The blessed damozel.

T. N. Foulis, 1915. First Edition. Softcover. Clean small format paperback, with a gift inscription dated 1915 on the half title page, stitching pulled and title pages nibbled at fore edge, some foxing. Card jacket creased at edges. 46 pages, 3 illustrations by Paul Woodroffe on plates, (one missing). A friendship booklet. No date apart from inscription. Fair in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 64179

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Paul Woodroffe Poetry Pre Raphaelites

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel; (intro. William E. Rossetti)

The poetical works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (with gift inscription by E. Nesbit).

Ellis & Elvey, 1893. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, largely uncut. xxxii + 380 pages + adverts, index. Has a gift inscription signed by Edith Nesbit on the verso of the front endpaper ['D'Arcy Reeve from E. Nesbit, August 7, 1895. Je suis ici en bien d'amie...']. Darcy Reeve was a benefactor of Edith, and financed the republication of her 'Lays & legends' and the publication of a second volume, and also gave her £300 towards a holiday in the south of France so she could recuperate from bronchitis. Very Good.

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Book number: 40830

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: E. Edith Nesbit Poems & poetry

Rossetti, Christina; Sisson, C. H. (ed)

Selected poems: Christina Rossetti.

Manchester: Fyfield Books, 1984. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine title faded from red to grey, uncreased, inscription on first page, but generally appears little used, no other marks or inscriptions. 162 pages, editor's introduction. Very Good.

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Book number: 49343

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poets & poetry English Literature

Salt, H. S. (ed)

Songs of freedom.

Walter Scott Ltd. 1893. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback bound in beige cloth with gilt decorations and green titles, corners bumped, cloth rubbed & worn at spine ends & corners, page top edges gilt, no inscriptions. xxvi + 346 pages + 12 pages of publisher's adverts, photo frontispiece (William Morris) with tissue guard. No date but Copac gives 1893. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 54461

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Folk Songs and ballads Political Songs

Scannell, Vernon

New and collected poems, 1950-80.

Robson Books Ltd, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with silver titles, pages tanned and foxed at edges, no inscriptions. 206 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68915

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems Poets & poetry

Service, Robert W.

Songs of a sourdough, with, Rhymes of a rolling stone, with, The rhymes of a red-cross man, with Ballads of a bohemian (4 hardbacks).

Canada: Ryerson Press, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Sourdough: Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, with gift inscription and bookseller's sticker on the front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 104 pages. Rolling: reprint, published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1921,clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed and worn, name on title and contents pages. 190 pages, marbled endpapers. Red-cross: 1st edition published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1916, clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, cloth bumped at corners, sunned at spine, no inscriptions. 176 pages. Ballads: reprint, published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1921,clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed and worn, inscriptions on title and contents pages. 206 pages, marbled endpapers. Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67739

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poets & poetry Gold rush Yukon Klondike Gold Rush World War 1

Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare's sonnets: a facsimile.

Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1925. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue quarter cloth with titles on paper labels on front cover and spine, corners bumped and rubbed, foxed page edges rough cut, pencil gift inscription dated 1925 on front endpaper and armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Unpaginated. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 67863

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Poems & poets William Shakespeare

Shaw, Jill A.

Variations on a theme.

Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, staples rusty, sunned and marked card covers, no inscriptions. 40 pages. Good.

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Book number: 58764

Catalogue: Poetry

Strang, James

Sunlight and shadow and lyrics.

Gay and Bird, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions. xii + 134 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 50902

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poets & poetry

Taylor, John

You must be joking.

Adelphi Press, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, signed by the author ['Best wishes, John Taylor, 18.12.94'] otherwise no inscriptions, appears little used. 76 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 63582

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems & poetry Humorous verse

Tennyson, Alfred Lord

The works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Peacock, Mansfield & Britton, 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red padded leather with gilt titles & bordering, rounded corners, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, floral decorated endpapers, red silk bookmark sewn in, worn at corners and there is a small snag at the head of the spine, some colour loss at backstrip, black & gilt leather nameplate dated November 18th 1895 on front endpaper, no other marks or inscriptions. viii + 808 pages, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, index. Has two title pages, one with Peacock, Mansfield & Britton and the other with Macmillan. Good.

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Book number: 60611

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poets & poetry

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Ballads.

Smith, Elder & Co. 1868. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in half blue/green leather over cloth, gilt titles on red spine panel, 5 raised bands, worn at corners, dampmark to front, scattered light fox-spotting to contents, corner torn from last leaf (not affecting text), no inscriptions. iv + 160 pages. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 51781

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems & poetry Humorous verse

Thomas, Edward

Last poems.

Selwyn & Blount, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in paper covered boards, boards and spine partially tanned, a couple of letters worn from spine label, paper tanned and edges rough cut, final page (95/96) has minor loss at top corner but text uneffected, no inscriptions. 96 pages. Variant issue with no publisher's adverts. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 67738

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: English Literature Poets & poetry World War 1

Tomfool [Eleanor Farjeon]

Moonshine.

Labour Publishing Co. Ltd. & George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket with foldovers stuck to pastedowns, edges a little creased. 66 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 48997

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems Daily Herald Macdonald Gill Eleanor Farjeon