Austin Dobson: An Anthology of Prose & Verse.

London, J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1922 Hard cover pinky red cloth bds, a little fading, bk leans sl., Good, spine faded to orange, sepia tone frontis. of the poet, contents clean and bright, Foreword by Edmund Gosse, pp174.

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Book number: 11224

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Austin Dobson Edmund Gosse poetry verse rhyme prose literature poems 000000000

Brilliant And Beautiful Gems Of Sacred Poetry.

Wakefield, W Nicholson And Sons, no date Small Hard cover Fair, faded red dec. cloth bds, corners scuffed, 5" x 3", gilded pge edge blocks, front hinge cracked but holding, rear hinge cracked away from contents, pp254 +adverts at rear, rear pastedown paper coming away and folded. A little book of religious poetry.

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Book number: 9704

Catalogue: religious poetry

Keywords: poetry poems verse religious spiritual Christian evangelical sacred elevating

The Galliad: Or, The Fall of Napoleon III. A Tragical-Comical-Historical Poem.

London, Robert Hardwicke, 1874 Hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt lettering and pattern to upper bd, Good, some embossing, a bit dusty, a little age-marking, contents clean and tight, no inscript.s, rear bd sl. bowed, pp113.

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Book number: 11740

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poem poetry tragic comic historical historic tragical comical Napoleon III France history Emporer 000000000

Little Poems For Little People.

London, Whittaker And Co., no date Small embossed Hard Cover, purple cloth, no dust jacket, Good, age-fading, sl. rubbing at extrem.s, approx. 5.5" x 3.5", contents clean and tight, occas. age-spotting, name crossed out on ffep still dated 1863, b/w illusts through text, pp144 + adverts. Scarce in orginal.

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Book number: 11925

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems verse poetry religious moral rhyme Primrose Gathering The Three Sons William Tell The Nightingale The English Boy The Child Night The Lamb/s Lullaby Speak Gently The Sandal Tree Cradle Hymn 000000000

My Picture Book of Nursery Rhymes.

London, Dean & Son Ltd, 1972 Oversized Hard cover, pict. lam. bds, blue with Old King Cole on the front and rear, small scuffs at corners and tip of spine, light indents in places otherwise VG, contents clean and sound, string binding pulling a little but holding, unpaginated, with favourite rhymes such as: Hush-a-bye baby; Little Bo Peep; Little Miss Muffet; Little Polly Flinders; Humpty Dumpty, Dickery, Dickery Dock; Old King Cole etc...

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Book number: 14043

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Nursery rhymes verse poems young children Polly put the kettle on Rub a dub dub Goosy goosy gander What are little girls made of? There was a crooked man Pussy cat Wee Willie Winkie 0603015565

The Poetical Reader: With Vocabularies and Explanatory and Grammatical Notes.

London, T Nelson And Sons, 1880 Hard Cover green cloth embossed bds, Good, a bits dusty, front hinge cracked, ffep missing, text with some age-soiling/light foxing, loosening a little, pp192. Incl. poetry from poets such as: Henry Glassford Bell, Byron, Thomas Campbell, Alice Cary, Eliza Cook, Olvier Goldsmith, Thomas Gray, Reginald Heber, Victor Hugo, Mrs Lacoste, Longfellow, Lord Macaulay, James Montgomery, Thomas Moore, Mrs Caroline Norton, Samuel Rogers, Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Shelley, Tennyson, James Thomson, John Whittier, Wordsworth...

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Book number: 10662

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry poems vocabulary grammar Henry Glassford Bell, Byron, Thomas Campbell, Alice Cary, Eliza Cook, Olvier Goldsmith, Thomas Gray, Reginald Heber, Victor Hugo, Mrs Lacoste, Longfellow, Lord Macaulay 0000

Abse, Dannie:

A Strong Dose Of Myself.

London, Hutchinson, 1983 SIGNED by the author to the title pge "Herbert's & Dorothy's as ever Dannie." Hard cover brown cloth bds, silver lettering to spine, Fine, unclipped dust jacket, Nr Fine, contents fine and tight, pp220. "The poet's affectionate yet shrewd view of his native Wales is counterbalanced by pieces about his life in America and London, and his sometimes controversial attitudes to medicine are complemented by personal pieces about contemporary poets and poetry.

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Book number: 14627

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: autobiography poet poems Wales life career verse controversial medicine America London Cardiff words rhyme Robert Graves David Wright poet's voice 0091512603

Agar, Kenneth (selected by):

Nothing Serious. An Anthology of Humorous Verse.

London, Evans Brothers, 1973 Pbk, VG, contents clean and tight, illust. by Graham Round, some pencil ticks to poem contents list, pp95. A scarce anthology of poems by such authors as: Aileen Fisher, Ogden Nash, Ted Hughes, James Reeves, Nancy Byrd Turner, Thomas Daly, G N Sprod, Ian Serraillier, Carl Sandburg, J B Morton, George A Strong, Norman Lindsay, J A London, T S W, George Barker, Roger McGough, Ewart Milne, Don Marquis, Theodore Roethke, Spike Milligan.

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Book number: 8968

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: verse poetry humour comedy funny poems Zebra original G N Sprod, Ian Serraillier, Carl Sandburg, J B Morton, George A Strong, Norman Lindsay, J A London, T S W, George Barker, Roger McGough, 0237446545

Allinson, Alec and Beverley:

Multi-Poems. (Nelson Language Stimulus Series).

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1973 Oversized pbk, VG, b/w illustrations, pp48, contents nice and tight. "What are multipoems? They're dip-into rummage=around=in follow-your=nose poems. They're slip-into taste-and-share-with read-when-you-want poems. Theyre say, sing, shout, whisper, tape, act and everything poems. They're take-you-far poems. They're read-for-yourself poems."

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Book number: 14907

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry verse rhyme language stimulus teaching children's writing words vocabulary imagination reading sharing 0174242654

Andersen, Benny Illust. by Maria Bramsen:

Cosmopolitan in Denmark and Other Poems about the Danes.

Copenhagen, Borgen, 1997 1st Ed., 4th Imp., hard cover glazed pictorial bds, Good, minor scuffing to corners and spine tips, contents clean and tight, pp96, b/w illustrations by Maria Bramsen. A selection of poems about "...the Danes, Danish mentality, and Danish humour."

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Book number: 15168

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Denmark poetry poems rhyme verse Danes Danish mentality humour Maria Bramsen life 8721003572

Armitage, Simon:

CloudCuckooLand.

London, Faber And Faber, 1997 SIGNED BY AUTHOR across his name on title, Pbk, Fair+, scuffing to edges, spine creased and scuffed at base and hinges, light creasing/marking, contents clean and tight, pp171.

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Book number: 13443

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry signed by author poems verse rhyme constellations celestial themes metaphysical performance National Theatre 0571192831

Austin, Alfred:

Songs Of England.

London, Macmillan, 1898 Prob. 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, almost VG, a little bumping at corners, v. sl. rubbing at spine ends and corners, contents nice and tight, age-browning to pge edges, some foxing to contents, a bit more towards last few pges, neat pen and ink name to ffep dated 1898.

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Book number: 9227

Catalogue: poetry

Keywords: poetry poems verse rhyme poet laureate 19th century

Banks, Wendy Ann; Barrett, F.; Bond, A.; Brewer, Madge; Bryce, David; Burleigh, David; Buss, Marilyn G; Carey, Gillian M.; Chitti Carmel and Teresa; Codd, Patricia; Copeland, Robert; etc...:

Collect Poems 1970 Vol. 1.

Ilfracombe, Devon, A. H. Stockwell Ltd, 1970 Small volume, green cloth bds with gilt lettering to upper bd, upper bd sl. furled upwards, small indent to rear leading bd edge, otherwise Good+, contents clean and tight with many contributors including the above and P I Edwardes; Barbara Edwards, Dennis Elliott, Alys Graham, Gladys May Howard, Mercy Isaac, K. B., Elizabeth Kinsella, B B Larmor, Gladys M Laws, A R Lee, L V Livings, Jenny Maguire, Maria, Stuart Miller, Mary Cecilia O'Hara, R Owens, William Edwin Pike, Vera E Purslow, Katherine Schurko, Danya Sherry, D F Tuckett, J S Turner, Cecilia Ward, Helen Marian Woodiwiss, D L W-Ravell, Hans van der Zanden etc....

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Book number: 15107

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry P I Edwardes; Barbara Edwards, Dennis Elliott, Alys Graham, Gladys May Howard, Mercy Isaac, K. B., Elizabeth Kinsella, B B Larmor, Gladys M Laws, A R Lee, L V Livings, Jenny Maguire, 072230143X

Benton, E. O.:

Rural Rhymes.

Aylsham, Norfolk, F C Barnwell, 1974 Pbk, yellow card wraps, Good, a little general age-marking, contents fine and tight, unpaginated.

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Book number: 14144

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: rhyme Norfolk verse poetry poems rural life family relationships Stratton Strawless meet farming farmer George Horning

Berthold, Dennis and Kenneth Price:

Dear Brother Walt: The Letters of Thomas Jefferson Whitman.

Ohio, The Kent State University Press, 1984 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, a little light marking otherwise VG, in VG dust jacket, a few little marks/scuffs, spine lightened, contents fine, crisp, tight and bright, pp202, no names, inscriptions etc...

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Book number: 13178

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Thomas Jefferson Whitman letters American USA New York riots prisoner exchanges illness separations deaths brother relationship poetry St Louis Water Works social history 0873382978