Laurence Binyon; Robert Bridges; Stephen Phillips; Margaret L. Woods; Richard Watson Dixon

Elkin Mathew&Apos;S Garland of New Poetry

London, Elkin Mathews, 1897. Cloth. A scarce volume of 'Shilling Garland' poetry compiled by Charles Elkin Mathews. An anthology of poems compiled by publisher Charles Elkin Mathews, a scarce work.This volume contains the first five pamphlets in Mathew's 'Shilling Garland' series, for which the wraps are bound in to the rear. Including 'First Book of London Visions' by Laurence Binyon, 'Purcell Commemoration Ode, and Other Poems' by Robert Bridges, 'Christ in Hades, and Other Poems' by Stephens Phillips, 'Aeromancy, and Other Poems' by Margaret L. Woods, and 'Songs and Odes' by Richard Watson Dixon.Each work has a separate pagination. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities of the boards are faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmy bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 920P37

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Elkin Mathew's Garland of New Poetry poetry london visions purcell commemoration ode poetry aeromancy songs and odes None

BRIDGES, ROBERT

Achilles in Scyros. A Drama in a Mixed Manner

London, Edward Bumpus. 1890, First Edition. Printed Wrappers, 255mm. x 195mm. Book, Pages 129-145. Wrappers edgeworn, soiled, fold mark across centre, some specling internally, text block loose. [771]. Very Good.

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Book number: 018412

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Theatre Drama Plays

BRIDGES, Robert

Achilles in Scyros

London, G Bell, 1892. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in burgundy cloth 1st ed.. A few spots of foxing; binding tight; paper title label on spine a lttle browned Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS197379I

Robert Bridges

Achilles in Scyros

London, Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardback. The second edition of Robert Bridges' poem telling of Achilles time on Skyros. The second edition.One of one hundred and fifty six large paper copies. A poetical retelling of the episode of mythology where Achilles goes to Skyros. During the visit, Achilles falls in love with one of the princesses, and marries her before leaving for Troy.By Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930.Bookplate of George Kitchin to the front paste down. Kitchin was the first Chancellor of the University of Durham. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is age-toned. A few light marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 949P13

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Achilles in Scyros robert bridges poetry achilles robert bridges skyros None

Robert Bridges

An Address to the Swindon Branch of the Workers Educational Assn. Given on October 28, 1916

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1916. First edition. Paperback. A speech delivered to the Swindon Branch of the Workers' Educational Association, by the then Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. He achieved literary fame late in life, and influenced a select circle. His Christian faith underpinned much of his poetry, and makes an appearance in this speech, alongside philosophical contemplations, concerning the education of workers. The Workers' Educational Association, founded in 1903, is the UK's largest voluntary provider of adult education, delivering learning throughout England and Scotland. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally smart, though a little creased to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 867M13

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: Politics Robert Bridges Workers' Educational Association Robert Bridges Not Stated

(Bridges, Robert). McKay, George L.

A Bibliography of Robert Bridges.

NY/London: Columbia University Press/Oxford University Press, 1933. 1933. - Octavo, three-quarters green cloth & marbled boards titled in gilt. xii & 215 pp. With B&W portrait frontispiece. Fine.

Total edition of 500 numbered and 50 unnumbered copies. This copy is probably 1/50 as it is printed "canceled" where the number would have been. Fine .

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Book number: 6766

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; ROBERT BRIDGES; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; GEORGE L. MCKAY; LIMITED EDITION. (Literature). (Poetry). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BRIDGES. (Bridges, Robert). McKay, George L.

BRIDGES-ADAMS, W. / SPEAIGHT, Robert (ed)

A Bridges-Adams letter book

London, Society for Theatre Research, 1971. Used - Very Good. VG paperback 1st.ed.. Presentation inscription on half-title page by Arthur Colby Sprague, one of correspondents. Edited with a memoir by Robert Speaight. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS066234I

Robert Bridges

The Chilswell Book of English Poetry, Compiled & Annotated for the Use of Schools

Longmans, Green & Co 1926 Hardback, 272pp. No DJ; Owner's Name inside. Boards rubbed, end papers tanned. Fair.

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Book number: 1583094

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Poetry

Bridges, Robert

A Choice of Verse

Faber & Faber. Paperback ISBN: 0571138454, Condition: VeryGood.

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Book number: mon0000182539

BRIDGES, ROBERT

The Christian Captives. A Tragedy in Five Acts in a Mixed Manner

London, Edward Bumpus. 1890, First Edition. Printed Wrappers, 255mm. x 195mm. Book, Pages 103-126 Some top edges uncut. Wrappers edgeworn, soiled, some spotting internally. [771]. Very Good.

William GlynnProfessional seller

Book number: 018411

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Theatre Drama Plays

Bridges, Robert

Collected Essays And Papers Of Robert Bridges Volume 4 - A Critical Introduction To Keats

Oxford University Press, 1929, 2nd impression. Cloth spined boards, G. pp 71-171, paper spine label rubbed but with spare laid in at rear, a good reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Complete in itself.

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Book number: 11187

Keywords: keats, poetry, criticism

Bridges, Robert

Collected Essays, Papers &C

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. [x] 29p. partly unopened, deckle edges, original half-cloth with stiff boards. Printed by John Johnson. .

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Book number: 034076

Keywords: Shakespeare English Literature Drama

Bridges, Robert

Collected Essays Papers &C. Of Robert Bridges - II: Humdrum & Harum-Scarum a Lecture on Free Verse III Poetic Diction: A Critical Introduction to Keatsrobert Bridgespublished by , 1929

London, England, Humphrey Milford by Oxford University Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Volume 2 of a 10-volume set edited by R.R. Bridges and Mary Monica. Bound simply in gray paper over boards, blue cloth over boards, abraded paper label to spine. 69 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356801

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Robert Bridges poetry poetry criticism

BRIDGES, Robert

Collected essays papers etc. of Robert Bridges: VIII-X

Oxford University Press, 1932. Used - Very Good. VG hardback . Contains VIII Dante in English Literature, IX The Poems of Emily Bronte, X Dryden on Milton. A little light foxing on deckled page edges; top board corners slightly bumped; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Relevant news clippings loosely inserted. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_90353_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS312606I

Robert Bridges

Collected Essays Paper &C of Robert Bridges VI the Poems of Mary Coleridge VIII Lord de Tabley&Apos;S Poems

London, Oxford University Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. An advanced review copy of two of Robert Bridges poetical poems, one about Mary Coleridge, and the other about Lord de Tabley. This book is a review copy, with two paper slips loosely inserted from the Manchester Guardian and Mr Milford. Included in this edition are two of Robert Bridge's essays, 'The Poems of Mary Coleridge', and 'Lord de Tabley's Poems&apos. Bridges was the poet laureate from 1913 until his death in 1930, after becoming a poet later on in his life after a career as a doctor. He's known for writing Christian works, publishing many popular hymns, as well as translating historic hymns. Mary Coleridge was a poet, novelist, essayist, and teacher. Bridges describes her poems as being 'beautiful' and 'mystical&apos. She and her family were close friends with many poets, including Alfred Tennyson, Fanny Kemle, and Robert Browning. She's best known for her novel 'The King with Two Faces&apos. Lord de Tabley, or John Warren, was a poet and botanist, as well as being an authority on bookplates. He was also a close friend of Alfred Tennyson, though he spent ten years a recluse until his succession to his barony and estates. Warren often published his poems under a pseudonym, including 'G. F. Preston', and 'William Lancaster&apos. In the original publisher's half cloth binding, with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light discolouration to the joints and to the head of boards due to sunning. Small markings to the rear board. A little fading to the spine. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd scattered spotting throughout. Pages remain uncut to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 606P13

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: lord de tabley mary coleridge robert bridges poems mary coleridge None