DOBSON AUSTIN

Old World Idylls and other Verses

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner. 1890, tenth. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. green cloth bevel edged boards titled cover and spine in gily with gilt vignette to upper board. Spine surface scuffed, joints rubbed as well as corners. Top edge gilt others uncut. frontis, tissue guard, rubricated title x + 252 + a vignette at rear page. endpapers minor foxing page edges browned. nice old paper stock and letterpress. Apart from surface wear to cloth very nice. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000199

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Antiquarian Poetry British

DIVAKARUNI CHITRA BANERJEE

Leaving Yuba City, Poems

New York, Anchor Books. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385488548) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. perfect bound with card wraps with folding flaps, print run line reads 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 , 114pp VG copy, acclaimed American author of Indian ancestry (Subcontinent India). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012966

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: India Indian Poetry Subcontinent South Asian American 0385488548

WESTBURG BARRY

The Fernhouse Cure (signed)

Unley, Friendly Street Poets. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0949363103) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Melanie Howard. (500 gram rate) minor handling soiling to wrappers, a presentation inscription to a 'Gordon' dated 8/8/88 to title, one small spot of soiling to half title, 67pp, Australian poet. Very Good/No Jacket. Presentation Copy.

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Book number: 009474

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Australian Poetry Signed Copy Presentation Copy 0949363103 Melanie Howard

DRYDEN JOHN EDITED BY ROBERT BELL

Poetical Works of John Dryden Volume 1

London, John W. Parker and Son. 1854, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. volume one of three in The Annotated Edition of the English Poets,original cloth sunned and faded to spine, joints rubbed, corners bumped, original paper label to spine browned, head and tail of spine cloth chipped, small split at head of upper joint, (4) (i)-viii (9)- 299, internally clean and tidy copy showing minor age. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010626

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: John Dryden, Poetry, Victorian, the Annotated Edition of the English Poets, Original Cloth

BESHLIE

Here Today and Gone Tomorrow

London, Broomsleigh Press. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0904646181) Pictorial Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Beshlie Heron. picotrial boards, 62pp, illustrations in line, poetry of the Traveller life of itinerant British Gypsy caravans. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010008

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Gypsy Gipsie Gipsy Romany Traveller Itinerant British Folk Caravan Vagrant 0904646181 Beshlie Heron

PASTERNAK BORIS

Selected Poems

London, Ernest Benn. 1959, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Donia Nachshen. (200 gram rate) price clipped DW slightly faded to spine area, a few small edge tears, some minor light scattered foxing to prelims, 58pp second impression of this edition. Good/Good.

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Book number: 010256

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Russian Poetry Verse in English Translation Donia Nachshen

KENNELLY BRENDAN

The Boats are Home

Dublin, The Gallery Press. 1983, reprint. (ISBN: 0904011097) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) plain wrappers with printed DW, presentation inscription from author, dated 1985, 54pp, poetry. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010250

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Irish Poetry Verse Literature Presentation Copy Signed Ireland 0904011097

SOUTHGATE BRENT

Participants and Others

London, Amphedesma Press. 1973, First Edition. Stapled Sheets, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) folded stapled sheets in card wrapper, 16pp Cover by Joanna Harris. Dunedin poet from New Zealand and resident in London. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009774

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Limited Edition Private Press Verse

THOMSON JAMES C.

The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson

London, Oxford University Press. 1908, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket with some age darkening to spine etc, clean copy, some minor pencil notation, edited by J Logie Robertson, xxiii 516pp, top edge dust soiled. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007845

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Eighteenth Century James Thomson

AINSWORTH PERCY C.

Poems and Sonnets

London, Charles H. Kelly. First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. green cloth titled and panelled in gilt to cover and spine, light wear, corners bumped, number 122 in ink to endpaper and top corner of half title, lacks fep, undated, 88pp, top edge gilt others untrimmed, probably circa 1910 as references to the South African / Boer war (500 grams). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011818

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Poetry Verse Poems Sonnets Percy C Ainsworth Early Twentieth Century

C. S. C. (CHARLES STUART CALVERLY)

Verses and Translations

Cambridge, Deighton, Bell and Co. 1871, revised. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) green cloth gilt titled, lacks fep, small ink spot to upper board, light handling wear, fourth revised edition, viii 214pp + advert, pencil note to verso of advert page, verse including some in Latin. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008369

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Victorian British Poetry Verse Literature

SWINBURNE ALGERNON CHARLES

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Vols 3,4,5,6 of 6

London, Chatto & Windus. 1911, First Edition. Buckram, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dark navy or black buckram with gilt to spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, rubricated title page, frontis portrait with tissue guard in vol 6, first edition fourth impression, some light surface insect damage showing as faintly lighter colour, some light damp to paste downs with light offset staining from the cloth dye or light brown water marking to some fore edge margins, vol 4 lower board creased, all vols lightly foxed, (25.kg). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013181

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Collected Poems Swinburne Buckram Gilt Set British Decadent Poetry Victorian Antiquarian Vintage

BEER CHRISTINA

This Fig Tree Has Thorns, Poems and Clay Paintings

New Zealand, Alister Taylor. 1974, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Christina Beer. Ex-Library, plain stiff paper soft cover with pictorial stiff paper jacket, pen name and withdrawn stamp to fep, 4 digit number crossed over at foot of imprint, no other marks, jacket has handling soiled, the illustrations are only on the jacket, 44pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008319

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Literature Poetry Verse Christina Beer Alister Taylor Christina Beer

BEER CHRISTINA

This Fig Tree Has Thorns, Poems and Clay Paintings

New Zealand, Alister Taylor. 1974, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Christina Beer. plain stiff paper soft cover with pictorial stiff paper jacket, some minor scattered foxing, no other marks, jacket handling soiled, the illustrations are only on the jacket, 44pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009430

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Literature Poetry Verse Christina Beer Alister Taylor Christina Beer

LYELL CHARLES TRANSLATES DANTE

The Canzoniere of Dante Alighieri, including the poems of the Vita Nuova and Convito; Italian and English. Translated by Charles Lyell

London, Bohn. 1840, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth with blind borders and dulled gilt to spine, corners bumped, some bumping indentations to boards sine ends chipped or split, some punctures to backstrip, binding is weakening, some collations partly detached but all collations are still attached by at least one cord or thread, some page edges are worn where they sit proud, top corner of title clipped, xxxvi 467pp, re-issue of the 1835 John Murray edition, with cancel title bearing Bohn imprint and date, dedication dated 1835, serviceable as is but would benefit from rebinding. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010454

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Dante Italian Medieval Renaissance Literature Philosophy Dante's Minor Poems