APOLLINAIRE GUILLAME EDITED ROGER SHATTUCK

Selected Writings of Guillame Apollinaire

London, Harvill Press. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Picasso. blue cloth, faint spotting to endpapers, closed top edge foxed, generally very tidy condition, dust jacket price clipped, one short tear top left corner of cover, some scattered foxing to dust jacket, translated with a critical introduction by Shattuck, frontis by Picasso, portrait of Apollinaire by Metzinger, French and English of the poems, 264pp scarce work. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011374

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: French Literature Decadent Modernist Poetry Poet English Translations Rare First Edition Picasso

CROZIER SHIRLEY

Haecceitas Poems

Hexham, Septentrio. 1969, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Private Press, decorative stiff paper wrappers with title label laid on . saddle sewn , 24pp . An edition of 200c, #1-100 for distirbution to the Publishing Group of the British Printing Society, #101-200 for distribution by the author. This is # 175 signed and dated March '71 by the author. a few edge tears (short) to the covers otherwise VG. set in 18pt Caslon so large typeface and short poems (200 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 012418

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Private Press Poetry Deluxe Hand Press Numbered Limited Edition Signed British

SASSOON SIEGFRIED

The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry Siegfried Sassoon (TWO PRINTINGS)

London, Ernest Benn. First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. stapled sheets, exterior sheet being front and rear covers detached into two peices and chipped along the spine edge, light foxing to these sheets and first and last few pages, (32)pp incl covers, undated probably 1926 and assumed first edition, the bibliography only includes his first three works (upto 1925 Selected Poems) ALSO INCLUDES a copy of the 1935 7th impression; (200 gram rate) sheets folded once and sewn at spine, paper wrappers rubbed to spine with splitting and chipping, some foxing and soiling, name to first page, 31pp includes inside of rear wrapper, email for a cheaper international postage rate. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013219

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Great War War Poets Sassoon Pamphlet Ephemera Collectable

PARKER STEPHEN

A Lifetime of Happiness!

Santa Cruz, Kayak Books. 1970, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. limited edition, (200 gram rate) some insect damage to edges of front wrapper with surface pigment loss as well as some actual edge loss, 72pp privately printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, includes some full page abstract colour block prints. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008054

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: American Literature Poetry Verse Private Press Privately Printed Limited Edition Prints Illustrated

GWYNN STEPHEN

Tennyson a Critical Study

London, Blackie. 1899, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red decorated and titled cloth lightly soiled, page edges browned, ix 234pp minor water mark to rear endpapers, study of Tennyson's poetry. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011949

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Literature Study Criticism

WARREN JOHN LEICESTER; LORD DE TABLEY

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

London, Elkin Matthews. 1893, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: C. S. Ricketts. green cloth rubbed to edges, slight soiling to boards, gilt decoarted boards and spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, mild foxing to closed edges, laid paper, five engraved plates with tissue guards (some foxed slightly), plus a frontis lacking guard, stated limited to 600 copies, being the second impression, xi (1) + 212pp + printers colophon, nicely printed and bound. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010747

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British, Poetry, Verse, Engravings By Ricketts, Classical, Fine Binding, Decorative Binding, Binding By Ricketts, Victorian Poetry C.S. Ricketts

HUGHES TED

How the Whale Became and Other Stories

London, Faber. 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: George Adamson. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) dust jacket has been contact sealed to the boards, the fold in flaps have ( hopefully) been folded under over the boards, rather than trimmed off, they are not visible underneath the new paste downs, this is a library bound copy of the first edition, the library has just contact sealed the dust jacket to the boards, and sewn the sheets into the original covers with strengthened tape at hinges, and pasted down new endpapers, there is a library stamp to the verso of the title ( being code number overstamped with cancellation), paper scar to front paste down where library pocket removed, red pigment on the dust jacket, notably to the spine has faded away, otherwise ( apart from being contract sealed) is tidy copy with no shelf mark, maybe an adventurous purchaser can try to carefully remove the now sealed wrapper from the book?, still an attractive and sturdy copy with little sign of use or issue, illustrated by George Adamson. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006166

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Poet Ted Hughes First Edition Rare Collecatble George Adamson

HUGHES TED

Lupercal

London, Faber. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) price clipped DW lightly sunned to spine and exterior, small chip at tail of spine, one small chip top edge of rear panel, feps browned, front fep has an eight line pen inscription dated 1961, otherwise VG+ tidy copy of Hughes' second book of poetry, 63pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004764

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Poet Ted Hughes First Edition Rare Collecatble

HUGHES TED

Meet My Folks!

London, Faber. 1974, reprint. (ISBN: 0571041884) Pictorial Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Adamson. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket under a plastic sleeve which has bled sticky adhesive residue to the top and bottom edges, the jacket is removable but the residue will have to be addressed, the dust jacket otherwise tidy with some minor wear to the folds and edges, book boards some minor taoe rust to edges, small scuff to rear board, front hinge taped, stamp to fep and copyright page, paper label residue to rear fep, internally clean, 42pp with full page line illustrations, sewn binding. Good/Good.

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Book number: 008401

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Poet Ted Hughes 0571041884 George Adamson

JOHNSON E. PAULINE AKA TEKAHIONWAKE

Flint and Feather, Collected Verse

Toronto, The Musson Book Co. Ltd. 1916, Revised and Enlarged. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: J. R. Seavey. maroon cloth with gilt titling and decoration, spine is very slightly sunned, "From Do. Connelly" to free fly leaf, xxx166pp + 7 plates, very tidy copy, a few pages are unopened. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010379

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Canadian Mohawk Indian Poetry Theodore Watts-Dunston Revised and Enlarged Edition J.R. Seavey

CAMPBELL THOMAS

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell

London, Moxon. 1840, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Harvey. xii 343 pp, steel engraved portrait frontis, numerous woodcut vignettes within the pagination, 15pp adverts bound in at rear dated 1840, original endpapers, binders label at front paste down(ALEXD HILL | 50 Princes St | EDINB) front hinge starting, pencil to fep (Ex Libris George Cupplis 1841) original blind embossed tan cloth sunned to spine with corner and edge wear and a horizontal split to backstrip, gilt wreath design to upper board, foxed frontis otherwise tidy copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012383

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Nineteenth Century Original Binding Harvey

SCHAFFER ULRICH

Into Your Light

Leicester, Inter-varsity Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851106269) Pictorial Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Ulrich Schaffer. (500 gram rate) black papered pictorial boards, some rubbing to fore edges, 96pp of black and white photography and poetry, poetry from the bible with nature photography. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003294

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Christian Biblical Poetry Photography Inspiration Spiritual Spirituality Metaphysics Canada Canadian 0851106269 Ulrich Schaffer

VERA ( MARY H. CASSADY)

Sweet Vale of Orr, Lays and Lilts of Galloway AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

Scotland, J. H. Maxwell. First Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) spine paper worn and split, chipping, some soiling to wrappers, author's presentation inscription to Mrs Anderson (Of Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand) to the free leaf between the fep and title, this is dated 1922. Book has faint foxing to closed edges otherwise is tidy, wrappers only thing bringing it down from VG,88pp Scottish poetry. Good/No Jacket. Presentation Copy.

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Book number: 009588

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Scots Scottish Poetry Twnetieth Century Presentation Copy

DOWLING VIVYAN

Prisms & Pendulums

New Zealand, Batyprint. First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) card wrappers over perfect bound sheets, undated but approx 1982, (40pp) poetry. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003786

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Womens Poetry Woman Female

GOETHE JOHANN WOLFGANG VON, HRSG. VON F.W. RIEMER UND G. ECKERMANN

Goethe's Poetische und Prosaische Werke in zwei Bänden.

Stuttgart, Cotta. 1836, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (5000 gram / 5 kilogram rate i.e. approximately 5x standard shipping rate) 1836 first part 1837 for the rest, 4 of 4 parts present, uniform papered boards with chipping and splitting to joints and spine, will need rebinding, each part has the head of the fep trimmed, there is a pen name dated 1943 to each fep , BOOK 1 part 1= frontis port + tissue guard, title, decorative title, 4pp vorwort / priviligien, title, xii 1-476pp, light spotting; BOOK 1 part 2 = title, inhalt, 1-624, berichtigungen, 5 engraved plates with tissue guards, some minor pencil notation (light and erasable), minor browning or foxing to edges; BOOK 2 part 1= title, decorative title, inhalt, title, 1-645pp, 2 plates present, one section sits proud, light spotting; part 2= title, inhalt, 1-663pp + berichtigungen, 2pp facsimile of Goethe's writing, printed in double column, fraktur. Complete 4 volume set, suitable for rebinding but still serviceable as is. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005218

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: German Poetry Goethe Collected Works