Holmes, Edmond

Sonnets To The Universe.

Arthur L Humphreys, 1918. First Edition. Soft Cover, 21pp, blue card covers with paper title label. Gift inscription initialled from the author. to the flyleaf. 21 poems. An interesting copy, as a couple of lines revised in ink in the author's hand... Very Good.

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Book number: 11479

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

Hope, David

The Fireside Book 1982.

D C Thomson, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover, Priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. Colour illustrations on each page. A very clean copy of a pretty book. 'A picture and a poem for every mood'... As New /Fine.

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Book number: 9147

Catalogue: Poetry

King, Roma A

The Bow and the Lyre the Art of Robert Browning.

Ann Arbor Paperbacks University of Michigan Press, 1964. Soft Cover, 162pp, the paper tanning a little with age, softback covers. Internally clean. A study of the work of Robert Browning, seen as the earliest of moderns and a forerunner of Pound and Eliot, with an analysis of 5 of the more important shorter dramatic poems.... Very Good.

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Book number: 14285

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Browning, Victorian Literature, Poetry, Criticism

Kipling, Rudyard

The Seven Seas.

Methuen, 1914. Hard Cover, 25th edition. 230pp. Brown cloth covered boards, a little faded to edges. Gilt top edge and hand-cut foredge. School prize inscription on inner board, otherwise a clean copy of Kipling's poems... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3803

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poem, poetry

Kirk, Pauline

No Cure In Tears.

Aireings Publications, 1997. First Edition. Soft Cover, 30pp, softback covers illustrated by Geoff Kirk. Gift inscription signed by the author on the title page, otherwise a very clean copy. Poetry, many aboout the problems and rewards of being a carer.. Signed by Author. Fine.

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Book number: 11475

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Carer

Horace Edited By James Lonsdale And Samuel Lee

The Works Of Horace Rendered Into English Prose.

Macmillan, 1895. Hard Cover, Reprint of the 1873 Globe Edition. Green cloth covered boards, rubbed to spine. 136pp. Previous owner's names to inner cover. English Introductions, Analysis, Translations and Notes.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10244

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Latin, Classics, Poetry

Leonard, R M (ed)

A Book Of Light Verse.

Oxford, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover, 447pp, green cloth covered boards, with light wrinkling to bottom corner. Frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's names on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An anthology of 497 poems, with Notes... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5286

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: anthology

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reprinted From The Revised American Edition With Explanatory Notes.

Frederick Warne, Hard Cover, The Albion Edition - probably 1880s. 625pp, red cloth covered boards, a little faded to spine, with gilt author signature. Engraved author portrait. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. 'Revised and corrected by comparison with his last American edition' Includes several poems 'which have not appeared before'... Very Good.

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Book number: 11876

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With Explanatory Notes.

Henry Frowde, 1111. Three-Quarter Leather, Prize inscription on inner board dated 1896, otherwise internally clean. 630pp, marbled paper covered boards with blue leather spine and quarters, gilt decoration to spine. Marbled foredge. The 'Albion' edition. Slight wear to edges, small booksellers stamp to flyleaf. A handsome copy... Very Good.

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Book number: 3783

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Selections From Longfellow.

Edinburgh, W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, First Edition. Full-Leather, 125pp, green suede covers, faded to spine. Colour frontispiece gilt edges.Gift inscription dated 1921 on flyleaf, a little wear to top of spine, otherwise a clean copy of this rare edition... Very Good.

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Book number: 8509

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

Masefield, John and Constance (ed)

Lyrists Of The Restoration From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve.

Richards, 1930. Hard Cover, 1st reprint of the 1905 edition. Pocket sized. 282pp, green cloth boards. Occasional very small light spots of foxing, gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean. An attractive selection of the poetry of the court of Charles II.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4606

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

Matthews, Glyn

The Ghost Cat of Grasmere and Other Poems.

Matthews, 1111. Original Wraps, 20pp of poems of Lakeland, bound in blue paper covers and signed by the author. A clean copy. Rare.. Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 7161

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Rydal, windermere, Lakeland, poetry

Meredith, George

Poems and Lyrics of The Joy of Earth.

Macmillan, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover, Advertisement leaf, half title, 181pp and final page explaining the measure of 3 poems. Original blue cloth covered boards, patchily faded to the spine. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's name in a corner of the flyleaf with the date 1891, otherwise internally very clean. An important collection... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6910

Catalogue: Poetry

Milford, Sir Humphrey (ed)

Robert Browning Poetry & Prose.

Oxford, 1949. Hard Cover, 203pp. Introduction and Notes. Blue cloth covered boards. Frontispiece portrait. Original owner's armorial bookplate, otherwise internally clean. Includes Appreciations by Swinburne, Landor etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10499

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poet, Poetry

Moore, Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Reprinted from the Early Editions with Explanatory Notes Etc.

Frederick Warne, Hard Cover, Mid-late C19th. Chandos Edition. 635pp, maroon cloth covered boards, rubbed to edges, with impressed design, faded gilt to spine. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, gutter a little worn, a few small spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11576

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry