LINDA BENTON

A Treasury of Garden Verse

Select Edition. 1992. hardcover, 11x8x1. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Very Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 277513

Catalogue: Poetry

Sadi of Shiraz. Eastwick, Edward B. - Translator

The GULISTAN; or Rose - Garden, of Shekh Muslihu'D-din Sadi of Shiraz. Translated for the First Time into Prose and Verse, with an Introductory Preface, and a Life of the Author, fromt he Atish Kadah

Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co, 1880. 2nd edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. xxiv, [2], 243, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Spine darkened. PO address label to ffep. Front hinge paper starting. A VG copy.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 33279

Catalogue: Literature

INCHFAWN. FAY.

The Verse book of a Garden

Ward Lock & Co Ltd. 1932-01-01, First Edition. Hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Ill.: Treyer Evans. Illustrated by Treyer Evans. Previous owner's ink inscription. First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 231872

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Treyer Evans

T. Newcomb; James Hervey

Mr. Hervey&Apos;S Contemplations on a Flower-Garden, Done Into Blank Verse

London, J. Rivington and J. Fletcher, 1757 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce blank verse poem by English clergyman and teacher Thomas Newcomb. A charming and very scarce mid eighteenth century blank verse poem, constructed by Thomas Newcomb from clergyman and writer James Hervey's observations.Newcomb styles his blank verse poem after the work of his personal friend, the poet Edward Young, best known for his own blank-verse work, 'Night-Thoughts&apos.ESTC Citation No. T76143. With an errata leaf following the dedication.With a contemporary inscription to the title page. Ink stamp to the tail of leaf A2.Lacking the engraved frontispiece.The very scarce first edition of this charming work. Rebound in modern paper wraps. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Bound without endpapers, and lacking engraved frontispiece. Inscription to title page. Discolouration and handling marks to title page, with further instances of handling marks and spotting throughout. Ink stamp to tail of leaf A2. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 859F9

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: james hervey poetry Contemplations on a flower-garden Thomas Newcomb poetry None

Stevenson, Robert Louis

A Child's Garden of Verse

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Augmented with the fine illustrations of Jessie Willcox Smith and a positively delightful pasted in gift illustration of the recipient of this tome at Christmas of 1918, one "Elizabeth," this is a perfectly serviceable reference copy of a justifiable classic in children's literature; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Big, oversized Imperial octavo hardcover copy, bound in brown cloth over boards, full color paper illustration pasted on to front cover. Rubbing to edges, tips, scuffing to spine head and foot, gift inscription, a stated reprint of the 1905 edition. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. 124 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 358859

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson A Child's Garden of Verses children's literature Milo Winter

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Lot of Nine (9) Volumes of Robert Louis Stevenson, Some Containing Two Titles: The Medallion Edition: The New Arabian Nights, Familiar Studies of Men and Books, Virginibus Puerisque, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, Kidnapped, the Master of Ballantrae, Treasure Island; Travels with a Donkey; an Inland Voyage; a Children's Garden of Verse and Underwoods

New York, Sully and Kleinteich, 1916. The Medallion Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Handsomely produced, uniform in size, being short octavo in format, nine (9) volumes comprising the Medallion Edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, scarce as a complete set. Very lightly bruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond some to joints, edges and tips. Some bumping, scuffing to spines, but not much. Dark green leatherette covers with gilt lettering stamped on spines. Gilt top-stain. Tissue-protected portrait reproductions at frontis of each volume. Light half-toning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at front endpapers. Set includes: "The Arabian Nights," 400 pp.; "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," 345 pp.; xxii + 345 pp.; "'Virginibus Puerisque' and Other Papers," vii + 256 pp.; "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Merry Men and other Tales and Fables," viii + 396 pp.; "Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751," viii + 308 pp., with previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at both front and back endpapers; "The Master of Ballantrae: a winter"s tale," 308 pp.; "Treasure Island," only volume with no previous owner's inscription, vi + 308 pp.; "Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes," vii + 287 pp.; and "A Child's Garden of Verse" and "Underwoods," at lxiii + 132 + 133 pp. This final volume includes, or begins with the fine Introduction to the life and work of R.L.S. by Alexander Hervey.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 341028

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: The Arabian Nights|Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Virginibus Puerisque|Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |The Merry Men and other Tales and Fables |Kidnapped|The Master of Ballantrae |Treasure Island|A Child's Garden of Verse|The Underwoods

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Lot of Nine (9) Volumes of Robert Louis Stevenson, Some Containing Two Titles: The Medallion Edition: The New Arabian Nights, Familiar Studies of Men and Books, Virginibus Puerisque, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, Kidnapped, the Master of Ballantrae, Treasure Island; Travels with a Donkey; an Inland Voyage; a Children's Garden of Verse and Underwoods

New York, Sully and Kleinteich, 1916. The Medallion Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Handsomely produced, uniform in size, being short octavo in format, nine (9) volumes comprising the Medallion Edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, scarce as a complete set. Very lightly bruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond some to joints, edges and tips. Some bumping, scuffing to spines, but not much. Dark green leatherette covers with gilt lettering stamped on spines. Gilt top-stain. Tissue-protected portrait reproductions at frontis of each volume. Light half-toning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at front endpapers. Set includes: "The Arabian Nights," 400 pp.; "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," 345 pp.; xxii + 345 pp.; "'Virginibus Puerisque' and Other Papers," vii + 256 pp.; "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Merry Men and other Tales and Fables," viii + 396 pp.; "Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751," viii + 308 pp., with previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at both front and back endpapers; "The Master of Ballantrae: a winter"s tale," 308 pp.; "Treasure Island," only volume with no previous owner's inscription, vi + 308 pp.; "Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes," vii + 287 pp.; and "A Child's Garden of Verse" and "Underwoods," at lxiii + 132 + 133 pp. This final volume includes, or begins with the fine Introduction to the life and work of R.L.S. by Alexander Hervey.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 346703

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: The Arabian Nights|Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Virginibus Puerisque|Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |The Merry Men and other Tales and Fables |Kidnapped|The Master of Ballantrae |Treasure Island|A Child's Garden of Verse|The Underwoods

Yvonne Whiteman, comp

A Garden of Greek Verse: Poems of Ancient Greece

London, Frances Lincoln Limited, 2000. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 76p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new except for an owner's private library stamps on a front endpaper and on the rear flap of the jacket. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 167989

Catalogue: Classical Studies