Morley, Henry

English Writers An Attemot Towards A History of English Literature IX Spenser and His Time.

Cassell, 1892. Hard Cover, 456pp, the top edge gilt. Darkgreen cloth covered boards. Original owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. Volume IX of the History of English Literature deals chiefly with Spenser, but also with Raleigh, Sidney, Green, Marlowe, Bacon, Hooker etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 7289

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: English Literature, History of Literature, Spenser

Morris, Tony

Comments.

AM Press, 1983. First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 28pp, orange softback coevrs. Gift inscription on the title page signed by the author. A very clean copy. Rare poems from a York poet. Signed by Author. Fine.

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Book number: 10462

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, York, Flamborough

Morris, William

The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse.

Dent, 1913. Hard Cover, Everyman edition, with an Introduction by Alfred Noyes. 303pp. Blue cloth covered boards with faded decoration to the spine. Decorated endpapers and title pages.A little wear to the front gutter, otherwise internally clean. The Defence of Guenevere, King Arthur's Tomb, Rapunzel, Svend and His Brethren etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 16078

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: english Literature, Pre Raphaelite, william Morris, Rapunzel. Arthurian,

Henry Newbolt (ed)

Robert Herrick.

Nelson, Full-Leather, 478pp, dark green leather covered boards, faded and with a little wear to ends of spine, with gold tree motif. Frontispiece portrait. Internally clean. Hesperides and Noble Numbers... Very Good.

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Book number: 8491

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

Palgrave, Francis Turner

The Golden Treasury of English Songs And Lyrics.

Dent, 1971. Mass Market Paperback, Everyman edition 345pp, including Index. Illustrated softback covers. A few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean and tight. The most famous English poetry anthology, first published in 1906.... Very Good.

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Book number: 13610

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Anthology, Poetry

Peach, Howard

East Riding Limericks.

Hutton, 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: Michael Brookes. 51pp, illustrated softback covers. 240 limericks, on the towns and villages of the East Riding of Yorkshire... Fine.

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Book number: 4637

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Yorkshire, Hull, Michael Brookes

Pocock, Guy N

Ballads and Ballad Poems.

Dent Dutton, 1929. Hard Cover, Pocket sized. 192pp, green cloth covered boards with slightly faded gilt ornament to spine. Decorated title page, facing a portrait of William Cowper.Original owner's name on inner board, otherwise clean. An attractive anthology of ballads, both ancient and modern - part of the Kings Treasuries of Literature series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6503

Catalogue: Poetry

Reeves, James

The Critical Sense Practical Criticism of Prose and Poetry.

Heinemann, 1961. Hard Cover, 160pp, priceclipped dustjacket with one closed tear to front. Previous owner' s initials to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An examination of 50 passages of poetry and prose... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 11521

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Criticism, Literature, Poetry, Anthology

Reid, Forrest

The Milk of Paradise Some Thoughts on Poetry.

Faber and Faber, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 80pp, blue cloth covered boards now faded and with a little wear to the top of the spine. Internally very clean. Thoughts on English poetry - including Blake, Coleridge, Hardy. Emily Bronte Yeats, Clare, Allingham, pastoral and dream poetry etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5934

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Literaty criticism, English Poetry

Riley, James Whitcomb

The Complete Works Of James Whitcomb Riley Volume 7.

Collier, 1916. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Memorial edition. Blue cloth boards, colour frontispiece. Ex college reference library, so stamp on rear of frontispiece and on cover, and label and pocket to flyleaf, but never issued so a very clean copy... Very Good.

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Book number: 2577

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry

Scott, A F

Current Literary Terms A Concise Dictionary of Their Origin and Use.

Macmillan, 1967. Hard Cover, Revised second printing. 324pp. Complete dustjacket, a very little rubbed to the top edge. Internally very clean. Alphabetically arranged, giving the etymology and definition of the principal terms used in all branches of literature, illustrated with quotations... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 6464

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Terms, Dictionary

Scott, Sir Walter

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.

Nelson, 1866. Hard Cover, 612pp, iincluding Notes. Green cloth covered boards with gilt and impressed decoration. All edges gilt. Attractive engraved full page illustrations with tissue guards, and an early photograph as frontispiece and as a title page vignettte. Front endpaper removed, otherwise internally clean. An attractive copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13609

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

Service, Robert W

Rhymes Of A Rolling Stone.

T Fisher Unwin, 1918. Hard Cover, 12th impression. 189 pp, browned with age. Red cloth boards with art deco ornament. Internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1462

Catalogue: Poetry

Shelley, Percy Bysshe and Brooke, Stopford A

Poems of Shelley.

Macmillan, 1912. Hard Cover, Ill.:. Selected and arranged by Stopford A Brooke. 340pp, including Notes and Index. Hand cut edges. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title and series label. Title page vignette illustration of Shelley's Birthplace, with tissue guard. Flyleaf neatly removed, previous owner's initials and a sum to the half title, a small ink blot to one margin, otherwise internally very clean. Part of the Golden Treasury Series... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12919

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Shelley

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Selected Poems.

Dent, 1992. Mass Market Paperback, Revised Everyman edition, edited with an Introduction and Notes by Timothy Webb. 232pp, the edges browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers. A crease to one page corner, otherwise internally clean and tight. Includes detailed commentaries and notes on the poems... Very Good.

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Book number: 10413

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Romantic Poet, Shelley