PARKER, DEREK (EDITED BY)

An Anthology of Erotic Prose

London, Constable. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094642303). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy with just a touch of dustmarking to top edge with a dustjacket which is price clipped. A companion volume to the editor's Anthology of Erotic Verse and spans the centuries from the Arabian Nights to modern authors with 60 extracts of works presented. 11. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002382

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0094642303

PURCELL, SALLY

Collected Poems

London, Anvil Press Poetry. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0856463388). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 256 pages. Edited by Peter Jay. Preface by Marina Walker. Sally Purcell (1944-1998) was a poet and translator who continued to live and work in Oxford after studying mediaeval and Modern French. This definitive edition contains all her published work and includes over 70 uncollected poems, often drawing on folklore and mediaeval sources. 50. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008518

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Oxford Poet, Poetry 0856463388

RIGG, DIANA (SELECTED BY)

So to the Land an Anthology of Countryside Poetry

London, Headline. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747210195). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Wormell, Christopher. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. The actress has thoughtfully selected 250 poems which are grouped by season and subject matter producing a unique celebration of the British countryside and our greatest poets. Wood engravings by Christopher Wormell. B2B. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 003755

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Anthologies, British Countryside Theme 0747210195 Wormell, Christopher

CHAPMAN, ROBERT AND BENNETT, JONATHAN (SELECTED BY)

An Anthology of New Zealand Verse

London, Oxford University Press. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title and motifs on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a contemporary inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has taped repairs and wear to edges but is complete. xxxii + 341 pages. In this anthology the 275 selections from nearly 50 poets survey the development of New Zealand poetry from its beginning a century ago. The greater part consists of work published in the late 1920's and 1930's, but the inclusion of poems by Alfred Domett, Jessie Mackay, William Pember Reeves, Hubert Church and other pioneers gives particular interest to the anthology as the first to trace the evolution and definition of a New Zealand idiom in poetry. NOT EX LIB B2B. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007739

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Zealand Poetry, Poets, Alfred Domett, William Pember Reeves, Hubert Church, Jessie Mackaydavid Mckee Wright, A.R. D. Fairburn, Mary Ursula Bethell, D'Arcy Cresswell, Katherine Mansfield

SHARP, TIM (EDITED BY)

Poetic Finesse

Peterborough, Arrival Press. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857865731). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with red leatherette boards with Fine complete dustjacket. Silk page marker bound in. An anthology of 121 poems from people from all walks of life and covering subjects from remembrance to family values and from the environment to nature. A1D. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 003375

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Anthology 1857865731

SITWELL, EDITH

The Canticle of the Rose - Selected Poems 1920-1947

London, Macmillan. 1950. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold Title on blue boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a neat name and year to front endpaper else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket is not price clipped and has age darkening. This selection contains the very early work 'Facade', a work that consists mainly of abstract poems, studies in transcendental technique, some of a great exhilaration, some of a sadness masked by gaiety, many excerpts from 'The Sleeping Beauty' and from 'Bucolic Comedies'. Included also is the slightly later long poem 'Gold Coast Customs' praised by W.B. Yeats. C3C. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005402

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, English Poets

TENNYSON, ALFRED

The Holy Grail and Other Poems

London, Strahan and Co. 1870, First Edition. Full-Leather, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition. Gilt title and decoration to spine with gilt and red decoration to front on green calf leather boards with spine raised in 6 compartments. Boards have wear to spine head, tail and side and to front edge and a mark to front with some rubbing. Internally there is decorative tooling to edges, marbled endpapers, a contemporary inscription 'To Ellen from I.T. Hood, January 1870' to front free endpaper, else very clean, tight and unmarked. All edges gilt. 222 pages. Comprises:- The Coming of Arthur; The Holy Grail; Pelleas and Etarre; The Passing of Arthur; Northern Farmer - New Style; The Golden Supper; The Victim; Wages; The Higher Pantheism; 'Flower in the Crannied Wall'; Lucretius. B2D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008526

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Prose Poetry, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Coming of Arthur, Holy Grail, Pelleas and Etarre, Passing of Arthur

THOMPSON, FRANCIS

Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

London, Methuen. 1909. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt titles, ruling and motifs on green cloth boards. Some minor marks to boards and darkening to spine. Internally there is a blank bookplate and darkening to endpapers else clean and unmarked. Top edge gilt with fore and lower edges uncut. Lithograph portrait to frontispiece tissue guarded and with a biographical note by Wilfred Meynell. Sixth thousand. An excellent selection of Francis Thompson's (1859-1907) works. Interesting newspaper clipping included of his life, his friends the Meynell's, his Sussex connection, his drug taking and death aged 48. 1. Good TEG/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002162

Catalogue: Poetry

TODD, RON

A Collection of Odd Thoughts - the Very Best of Verse from Former Transport and General Workers Union General Secretary Ron Todd

London, Ron Todd. 2004, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Published, SIGNED WITH DEDICATION BY JACK JONES (1913-2009) General Secretary of the Transport and General Worker's Union . A Fine unmarked copy. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Foreword by Tony Benn and appreciation by Jack Jones. Ron Todd (1927-2005) was regarded as Labour's poet, a well respected figure in the Trade Union Movement, and an eloquent writer on many issues including nuclear disarmament, the Iraq War, and the peace movement. 50. Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 007847

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Transport and General Workers Union, Ron Todd, Jack Jones, Tony Benn, Verse, Labour Party's Poet

VARIOUS

Love Poems - a Treasury of Lyric Verse

London, Bracken Books. 1985, First Thus. (ISBN: 0946495289). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: George Wharton Edwards. A collection of more than 80 poems beautifully illustrated throughout by George Wharton Edwards and which was first published in 1897. A wonderful little book which espouses the beauty, aspirations, experiences and passion of love. B2C. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001336

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Love Poetry 0946495289 George Wharton Edwards

WILSON, JENNY

The Lakeland Poets - an Illustrated Collection

London, Grange. 1901. (ISBN: 1856275094). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. 38 photo illustrations by Rob Talbot. The Lake District is famous for two reasons: the powerful beauty of its landscape and the poetry and art it has inspired. This anthology, uniquely, celebrates both. Selections of the finest verse written by England's best-loved Romantic poets including, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron and Tennyson are matched with evocative colour photographs. 4. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011268

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Lake District 1856275094