TENNYSON, ALFRED .

Ye "Olde Cock Tavern."

(London) : Camden Press, (1930?). 0. Scarce 7 page booklet. Publication details from COPAC (British Library online). [2pp.]/pp.3/[2pp.] . 8.5" x 6.5". Illustrated paper cover, with a scene of Tennyson writing his monologue in the Old Cock Tavern. rear paper cover with a full-page illustration of the "Old Temple Bar." Covers soiled and rubbed. The front cover also has two small rears. Consists of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem: Will Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue Made At The Cock, in double columns and printed on 3 numbered pages. ** First published 1842. The final text was that of 1853, which has not been altered since, except that in stanza 29 the two "we's" in the first line and the "thy" in the third line are not in later editions italicised. The Cock Tavern, No. 201 Fleet Street, on the north side of Fleet Street, stood opposite the Temple and was of great antiquity, going back nearly 300 years. Strype, describes it as "a noted public-house," and Pepys' 'Diary', 23rd April, 1668, speaks of himself as having been "mighty merry there". The old carved chimney-piece was of the age of James I, and the gilt bird over the portal was the work of Grinling Gibbons. When Tennyson wrote this poem it was the favourite resort of templars, journalists and literary people generally, as it had long been. But the old place is now a thing of the past. On the evening of 10th April, 1886, it closed its doors for ever after an existence of nearly 300 years. There is an admirable description of it, signed A. J. M, in 'Notes and Queries', seventh series, vol. i, 442-6. "At the end of a long room beyond the skylight which, except a feeble side window, was its only light in the daytime, was a door that led past a small lavatory and up half a dozen narrow steps to the kitchen, one of the strangest and grimmest old kitchens you ever saw. Across a mighty hatch, thronged with dishes, you looked into it and beheld there the white-jacketed man-cook, served by his two robust and red-armed kitchen maids. For you they were preparing chops, pork chops in winter, lamb chops in spring, mutton chops always, and steaks and sausages, and kidneys and potatoes, and poached eggs and Welsh rabbits, and stewed cheese, the special glory of the house. That was the 'menu' and men were the only guests. But of late years, as innovations often precede a catastrophe, two new things were introduced, vegetables and women. Both were respectable and both were good, but it was felt, especially by the virtuous Smurthwaite, that they were 'de trop' in a place so masculine and so carnivorous.".

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TERRY, JOHN.

Poems by John Terry.

Stratford-upon-Avon: Herald Press, nd.(c.1963). Collection of poems written between the 1940s and 1962. Unpaginated.Illustrated title page. Gift message from Margaret J.Terry to inside front board + short hand-written note from M.J.Terry (the author's wife??) loosely inserted. Grey cloth. VG.

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THOMAS, R.S.

Selected Poems 1946 - 1968.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books. 1986. "R.S. Thomas is one of the most important poets of our time. This is his own selection from six of the finest books of poetry published since the war". Pp 125, inscrip to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 28185

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THOMAS, DICK.

Thinking Aloud. Verses.

Privately published, nd. Verses by Dick Thomas. Times I Have Told You. Pp.128, occasional line illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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THOMPSON, FRANCIS.

Sister Songs. An Offering to Two Sisters.

London: Burns & Oates, 1910. By the author of "The Hound of Heaven". 20.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp.65/4(publisher's ads, foxing to endpapers, spot to closed page edges. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, slightly rubbed. G+.

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THOMPSON, THEODORA. (COMPILER).

Underneath The Bough. A Poesie of Other Men's Flowers.

London: John Lane/ The Bodley Head, nd. 7th edition. Anthology of poetry and quotations. 16.5cms x 10cms x 2cms. Top edge gilt. Pp.462/6 (publisher's catalogue), green illustrated endpapers spotted, frontispiece illustration plus decorated title page. Green cloth with gilt title and decorated front board and spine. G+.

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THOMPSON, EDWARD. (COMPILER).

O World Invisible. An Anthology of Religious Poetry.

London:Benn,1931. 1st ed. Pp.8/136, fep absent, owners details to fep. Blue cloth,gilt title to spine. G+.

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THOMSON, JAMES 1700-1748.

The Works Of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes.

London: Printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, B. Law, W. Owen, R. Horsfield, T. Longman, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, G. Kearsley, D. Wilson & Co. T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, T. Davies, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin MDCCLXXIII. [1773] . 0. A very good 4 volume set in matching full leather bindings and 16 engravings. Vol. I. : pp.32/[4pp.]/pp.209 + 5 engravings / Vol. II. : [2pp.]/pp.302 + 5 engravings / Vol. III. ; [2pp.]/pp. + 3 engravings / Vol. IV. :pp.288 + 3 engravings . Some engravings signed by 'G. V. Neist' after designs by 'Wale' . 12 mo. 17.3cm x 11.0cm x 2.2cm. Tan calf covered boards, edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Smooth spines with rubbed gilt decoration, red title label, and brown volume number. Marbled endpapers. Each volume with an engraved armorial bookplate to the verso of each front board: "Sr. Martin Browne Ffolkes Bart." Each volume with an engraved frontis. Pages lightly toned. Some off-setting on adjacent pages to the engravings, otherwise clean English text throughout. G+ ** Referenced by: ESTC T59683 / Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers 4968 .*** "Sir Martin Browne ffolkes, 1st Baronet, FRS (21 May 1749 – 11 December 1821) was an English baronet and Member of Parliament. Martin ffolkes was the only son of William ffolkes, a barrister of Hillington, Norfolk and his second wife Mary, the daughter and heiress of Sir William Browne, MD, President of the Royal College of Physicians. His uncle was Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society. He was educated at Eton School from 1758 to 1766 and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then entered Lincoln's Inn in 1768 to study law. He succeeded his father in 1783, inheriting lands in Norfolk. On the death of his grandfather Sir William Browne in 1774 he restyled himself Browne ffolkes and was created a baronet later that year. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1783–84 and in 1790 was elected MP for King's Lynn, sitting until his death in office in 1821. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1772. He died at Hillington in 1821 and was succeeded by his elder son, William John Henry Browne ffolkes. He had married Fanny, the daughter and coheir of Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet of Warham, with whom he had 2 sons and 3 daughters." - See Wikipedia.

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THORPE, MICHAEL.

A Choice of Clough's Verse.

London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 1st.ed. "A selection of Arthur Hugh Clough's poetry." Pp. 165. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

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Book number: 12764

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Keywords: Thorpe Poetry Clough Verse Dipsychus Amours de Voyage A4423 Poetry

THURLEY, GEOFFREY.

The Ironic Harvest. English Poetry in the Twentieth Century.

London: Edward Arnold. 1975. "Challenges the twenthieth century view of Literature, arguing for a reassessment of the ironist-intellectualist tradition which has dominated modern British poetry". Pp 215. Ink stamps to fep and title page. P/b. Tape marks to cover. Crease to bottom corner. Illustrated cover. G.

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Book number: 17911

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THWAITE, ANTHONY.

Home Truths.

Hessle, E. Yorkshire: Marvell Press, 1957. 1st ed. Poetry. Pp. 61/2 Subscribers' List before Publication, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board and fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

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Book number: 26775

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THWAITE, ANTHONY.

The Owl in the Tree. Poems.

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 1st ed. Thirty-five poems. Pp. 59, signed by author to fep, ex college library stamps to verso front board, fep and title page, minor scuff to fep. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

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Book number: 26567

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THWAITE, ANTHONY.

The Stones of Emptiness. Poems 1963-66.

London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st ed. "There is a new energy, freedom, and colour in these North African poems." Pp. 9/58, ex college library stamps to fep, verso front board and title page. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has small numbers to spine. G+/G+.

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Book number: 26423

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TILLOTSON, GEOFFREY.

On the Poetry of Pope.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. 2nd ed. A critical study of Pope's poetry. Pp.179, owner's name to fep. Dark blue cloth, d/w price-clipped and toning to spine. G+/G+.

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Book number: 30436

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TRUTH, JOHN.

A Priest's Nightmare. (Illustrations by C. Raymonde and G. Waller.)

London: Regency Press, 1972. 1st ed. Poetry "This work expounds in an amusing way a new philosophy showing how the human animal can be happy and find peace within himself." Pp. 67, frontis, b/w illustrations throughout, gift inscription to fep. Illustrated laminated boards. G+.

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Book number: 28681

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Keywords: Truth Raymonde Waller Priests Nightmare Illustrated Poetry 26115 Poetry