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Christian Lyrics: Chiefly Selected From Modern Authors.

London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co, nd. (c.1895). 32nd thousand. A Victorian anthology of Christian verse. 16.5cms x 10.5cms x 1.8cms. All edges gilt. Pp.212/ 4(index), engraved frontispiece, small bookseller's label (Hadock & Pawsey, Ipswich) to inside front board, minor light spotting (mainly to preliminary pages). Brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to front and spine, slight sunning to spine, minor wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips. VG.

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Book number: 50356

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Christian Lyrics Poetry Religious Verse Christianity 51846 Poetry

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Haileybury Verses.

Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons, 1882. 0. Verses from Haileybury College written under a variety of 'noms de plume'. Pp.64, owner's name to front free endpaper, foxing to rear endpaper and title page. Purple cloth, gilt college crest to front board, spine dulled. G+.

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Book number: 35138

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Haileybury Verses Hertford Poetry Poems Jeans Rennell Rodd Innes Simpson Abell Legge Trench Domenichetti Sharp Savile 35450 Poetry

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Poems by Bentley Folk.

Great Bentley: Privately published, 1986. Selection of poems by members of Great Bentley Poetry Group, including: Pearl Derrett; Marjorie Taylor; Lucia Woodroffe; Hilda Coleman; Frances Hoptrough; Myrtle Clayton and Bill Clayton. Pp.26. Grey illustrated wraps. VG.

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Book number: 28194

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems Bentley Folk Poetry Derrett Taylor Woodroffe Coleman Hoptrough Clayton 25907 Poetry

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Poems of To-Day: an Anthology.

London : Published for the English Association by Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918 . 0. First issued in 1915 and reprinted. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 0.5" pp.16/pp.174. Green calf spine and corners over green cloth covered boards. Spine a little dulled with 5 raised bands, gilt title: "Poems Of To-Day"; and gilt date: "1918". Top page edges gilt. Green marbled endpapers. Light toning and foxing to endpapers. Printed bookplate: "Ex Libris Lily Dent". Also neat handwritten dedication dated 1918. Poems by: A. E. (George Russell); Abercrombie; Beeching; Belloc; Binyon; Blunt; Bridges; Brooke; Canton; Chalmers; Chesterton; Coleridge; Colum; Cornford; Cripps; Davidson; Davies; De La Mare; Drinkwater; Flecker; Gosse; Gould; Hodgson; Housman; Johnson; Kipling; Leslie; Macaulay; Mackail; Masefield; Meredith; Meynell; Moore; Newbolt; Nichols; Noyes; Quiller-Couch; Radford; Smith; Stevenson; Symons; Thompson; Trench; Tynan; Watson; Woods; Yeats and short biographical notes on each. VG.

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Book number: 45200

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 46674 Poems Poetry 20thc Verse Anthology Modern English Association Poetry

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The Poetical Keepsake.

London: William M'Kenny, 1846. Consisting of the Choicest Gems of Poetry, Carefully Selected from the Works of the Most Popular English, American, and Other Writers. 12.5cms x 8cms. All edges gilt. Pp.224, gift message to front free endpaper. Blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated title to spine, bumps and wear to corner tips. G+.

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Book number: 47188

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetical Keepsakes Poems Gems Poetry English American Verse 48682 Poetry

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Song in a Strange Land. An Anthology of Poetry.

St Albans: Penna Press Ltd, 1974. Published by Harpenden and District Association for Mental Health. Anthology of poems from Hill End Hospital. "Our poetry sessions consist of people of all ages suffering from mental or emotional illness..The newly arrived may be to depressed to listen, yet at the same session an outgoing member may feed us with a worthwhile poem." (Patricia Ball, Art Therapist). Pp.47, owner's name to title page. Light blue stiff card covers, minor crease to lower front corner. VG.

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Book number: 48984

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Songs Strange Land Anthology Poetry Poems Art Therapy Mentally ILL Mental Emotional Illness 50462 Poetry

VIGEON, OWEN.

Magnificat Now! Carols for Christmas today and other occasional verse.

Privately published, 1993. Religious poetry and verse. Pp.39, signed by the author to first page. Red card covers. VG.

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Book number: 35075

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Owen Vigeon Signed Magnificat Now Carols Christmas Religious Poetry Verse 35157 Poetry

VIZENOR, GERALD ROBERT.

Summer in the Spring. Lyric Poems of the Ojibway.

Minneapolis: The Nodin Press,1965. 1st ed. Limited edition. "The Ojibway speak a language belonging to the linguistic family of Algonquian, which at one time extended across the northern United States. Ojibway is a poetic language of moveable images of woodland life..The poems in this book have been interpreted and reexpressed from the original song recordings in Ojibway and from the literal translations done by Frances Densmore for the Bureau of American Ethnology about the turn of the century." Gerald Vizenor is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe of Native Americans. The Ojibwe, Chippewa or Anishinaabe are famous for their lyric songs and stories, particularly because of their trickster,naanabozbo and healing rituals. 17.5cms x 11cms. Pp.78/colophon, gift message to fep, small red ink c's to rear endpapers. Brown boards illustrated with stylistic variation of an Ojibway pictograph reproduced from a birch bark Midewiwin song scroll - 'he who speaks and he who listens'. D/w illustrated as boards, top of inner fly clipped,top edge rubbed with 1/2 cm tear to top edge fold. VG/G+.

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Book number: 6688

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Vizenor Summer Spring Lyric Poems Ojibway Minneapolis Nodin Limited Edition 1st Algonquian Densmore Chippewa Native American Anishinaabe Trickster Naanabozbo Healing Rituals 35080 Poetry

WADSWORTH, KENNETH.

Talkin' Brooad. Dialect Poems. (Cragg Poets 13).

Hebden Bridge: Littlewood Press, 1987. 0946407266. 1st ed. " 'Talkin' Brooad' is that rare thing: a book of Dialect Verse which isn't using the language for comic or sentimental effect but is a genuine attempt to write on serious subjects. Kenneth Wadsworth uses the vernacular to comment on social and philosophical themes. He also constructs villanelles, sonnets, pantoums and ballades to embody his insights." Pp.24, signed to title page. Stiff card covers with illustration by Janet Rawlins. VG.

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Book number: 30851

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Wadsworth Talkin Brooad Dialect Poems Cragg Poets Poetry Verse Signed 30255 Poetry

WALCOTT, DEREK.

Collected Poems 1948-1984. (Signed).

London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 0571162916. 6th printing. "Contains most of the poems from Derek Walcott's first seven collections. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Walcott amply demonstrates his right to be considered one of the great poets of the age." Pp.516, signed by the author to half title page + owner's name (crossed out). Paperback, sunning and crease to spine. G+.

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Book number: 44417

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Derek Walcott Signed Collected Poems West Indies St Lucia Poetry Nobel Prize Literature 45839 Poetry

WALEY, ARTHUR. (TRANSLATOR).

A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems.

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1920. Second edition, second impression. Pp.xii/168, endpapers toned, owner's name to front free endpaper with minor line ink bleed through to half-title page. Brown cloth spine with dark brown paper covered boards, spine darkened. Good.

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Book number: 49400

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Waley Hundred Seventy Chinese Poems Translation Poetry 51143 Poetry

WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687) .

The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq; In Verse And Prose. Published By Mr. Fenton.

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, M DCC XLIV. [1744] . 0. A very good half leather binding by "Blackwell". 12mo. 6.75" x 4.0" x 1.25". [16pp.]/pp.295/[4pp.]pp.4 - 168 . Polished brown morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt title. Corners and edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Small binder's stamp to the top of the front endpaper: "Bound By Blackwell". A very good and clean copy illustrated with an engraved portrait frontis, plus 3 other engravings (one folding). ** Referenced by ESTC: T124641 *** Edmund Waller, FRS (3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687) was an English poet and politician .

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Book number: 46847

Catalogue: Poetry: : 18th Century

Keywords: 48422 J. And R. Tonson and S. Draper Works of Edmund Waller, Fenton Blackwell Poetry: : 18th Century

WALTON, CHRIS.

Christmas Thoughts.

Peterborough:Triumph House,1997. 1st ed. "Christmas Thoughts is an inspirational collection of poetry and prose featuring over 130 new and established writers..From the Virgin birth, to the festivities and celebrations, each piece of writing holds its own special element of captivation, drawing in the reader to share and appreciate the depth and feeling of the event." Pp.12/146,"with the compliments of the author on p.132"(Daphne Foreman) to title page. Softback. VG.

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Book number: 13964

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Walton Christmas Thoughts Poetry Prose Anthology Inspirational Christian A8099 Poetry

WARD, SIR ADOLPHUS WILLIAM.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. (Edited with notes and introductory memoir).

London: Macmillan,1927. The Globe Edition.Rep. Pp.52/506/2(ads), tape- stain to edge of contents page. Green cloth,gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 1756

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Ward Poetical Works Pope Globe Poetry Poems Biography Memoir 12585 Poetry

WASON, RIGBY.

Some Volunteer Verse.

Printed for private circulation. London:Hazell,Watson & Viney,1905. Anthology of Boer War Poetry by British soldiers. Pp.103, toning to endpapers. Grey cloth, title to front in grey and white, red title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 10665

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Wason Volunteer Verse Hazell Boer War Poetry Prose Soldiers Brickdale Hart Lloyd Morris Norton Seaman Turner Williams Bailey Pawle Renton Devils Own South Africa Poetry Poems A3678 Poetry