BYATT A S

Wordsworth and Coleridge in their time.

London, Nelson, 1970. Portrait frontis, 287pp inc illustrations, reading list. Cloth, 22x15. Very good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper.

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Book number: 32655

Catalogue: MODERN LITERATURE

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CARPENTER Humphrey

The Joshers or London to Birmingham with 'Albert' and 'Victoria' A story of the canals.

London, George Allen & Unwin 1977 120pp, including attractive line illustrations by Robert J. Wilson Cloth. 22x14. Very nice copy in very good dust wrapper. First edition of this period piece; aimed at the younger reader but appealing for adults too.

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Book number: 33283

Catalogue: MODERN LITERATURE

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CESAIRE Aime

Cahier d'un Retour au Pays Natal. Return to my Native Land

Gouin, 1968. 141pp. Wraps, 19x14. Cover a little dusty, very good copy. The English text is the first to be made from the definitive edition of Cesaire's famous poem, first published 1956.

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Book number: 34409

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CHAPLIN Stephen

'1976'

Leeds, by the author, 1978. c32pp inc illustrations, some in colour. Inscribed by Stephen Chaplin. Sewn card covers, 22x16. Fine copy. 'Passages formalised from among 384 pencil drawings made from life during 1976.' Rare and charming.

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Book number: 32776

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CHARTERS Ann

Olson: Melville. A Study in Infinity

Berkeley? Oyez, 1968. Portrait frontis, 90pp inc photographic platesof New England whaling settlement plus 2pp sources. Wraps, 22x15. Few marks on front cover else very good copy. A very scarce item.

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Book number: 32640

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W CLOWES AND SONS

London Society: The Christmas Number for 1865

London, W. Clowes and Sons 1865 570pp, many bw illustrations throughout. 24x15, half bound in red leather, marbled end papers. A little foxing to some pages, very slight shelf wear to the bottom edge, a few pages creased or chipped, good thus. Full of stories and poetry, this not always of the highest quality, but the highlight are the drawings, which are often excellent and rather better than the words that they illustrate! Artists in this number include George Du Maurier, Thomas Morten, Alfred Bayes, Mary Ellen Edwards et al.

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Book number: 36051

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COCTEAU Jean

Jean Marais Collection Masques et Visages

Paris, Calmann-Lévy 1951 123pp, frontispiece portrait (this signed by Jean MARAIS) 20x15, wraps in illustrated dw Damage to top corner of front cover, wraps and first few pages, including frontispiece (this caused by a pet rabbit!), not impacting text or image, fair thus. Biography by Cocteau of his lover, fairly uncommon, especially so with the inscription by MARAIS.

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Book number: 38815

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COCTEAU Jean

Le Sang d'un Poète

Monaco, Editions du Rocher 1957 116pp, bw ills including 12 plates 19x14, yellow textured card wraps Very good Published 25 years after the cinema release of Cocteau's avant-garde masterpiece.

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Book number: 38816

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COLEMAN Les

Unthinking

Todmorden, Littlewood Arc 1993 64pp, illustrated, folded blank card insert. 22x13 illustrated wrapper in blue slip-case. Fine; signed by author on last page (note that the silkscreen print distributed with these boxed copies is absent). Rare edition of this collection of aphorisms by the poet and artist - one of only 26 copies printed and signed by the author with a letter of the alphabet; this is copy 'L'. These copies were also distributed with a silkscreen print, which is NOT present here.

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Book number: 34430

Catalogue: MODERN LITERATURE

Keywords: MODERN LITERATURE 0046640769X

CRESWELL H B

Grig. With drawings by Anthony Gardner.

London, Faber, 1942 372pp. Cloth, 19x14. Cover marked and rubbed at edges, contents sound and binding good. John Grigblay, "a fine cruted character as rich and fruity as old port", was the builder in the Honeywood File and Honeywood Settlement. These are his reminiscences. Uncommon.

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Book number: 34390

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DEAD CAN DANCE (Brendan PERRY and Lisa GERRARD)

Dead Can Dance 2005

Woking, Dead Can Dance 2005 51pp, ills throughout, ticket for Radio City, NY, show loosely inserted. 21x15, illustrated wraps Near fine. Programme with lyrics from the Australian band's acclaimed 2005 reunion tour.

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Book number: 38822

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DICKENS Charles (with illustrations by Frank REYNOLDS)

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club

Westminster Press, London 1920 viii, 534pp, 19 coloured plates, protected with tissue paper. 29x22, red cloth with glt text and illustration, no dw. Slight rubbing to edges of cloth, spine somewhat sunned, otherwise very good; contents excellent. This is based on the 1912 Hodder and Stoughton edition, which also used Reynolds' illustrations (although this edition appears not to use the full set).

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Book number: 34420

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ELUARD Paul

Poèmes Politiques Préface D'Aragon

Gallimard, 1948. 54pp plus index. Wraps,19x12. Small split base of spine and pages yellowed else good copy. Pages uncut.

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Book number: 32988

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GASCOYNE David (text) and SUTHERLAND Graham (illustrations)

Poems 1937-1942

London, Editions Poetry, 1943. 62pp plus five illustrations. Pictoral boards with cloth spine, 22x17. Covers a little bumped and rubbed on corners and hinge little tender between end papers and title-page, still generally a very good copy with lovely bright contents.

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Book number: 34393

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GOODWAY David (editor in intro)

Herbert Read. A One-Man Manifesto and other writings for Freedom Press

London, Freedom Press, 1994. Portrait frontis, 205pp. Wraps, 21x15. Very good copy.

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Book number: 32899

Catalogue: MODERN LITERATURE

Keywords: MODERN LITERATURE 0900384727