Literature
AFRICAANS POEMS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Oxford University Press, 1962. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed paper-laid boards (VG), dustwrapper (chipped and worn at extrems - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 327 (previous owner's neat pencil annotation on front pastedown; bookseller's ticket on front pastedown). [Africaans and English text]. More
AFTERTHOUGHT For Christmas 1980.
Cygnet Press, 1980. Signed and inscribed by author on lower cover. 12mo (7 x 5 ins). Original printed card covers (Fine). Unpaginated [4] (no other inscriptions). More
THE CLOCK Poems and a Play.
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1973. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (top edge faintly dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tanned at spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, clipped). Pp. 88, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece sketch by Augustus John..... More
CYMBERINA An Unnatural History in Woodcuts and Verse
Seven Acres Press, 1926. Limited numbered edn (196 of 600 printed by hand by Loyd Haberly). Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed decorative paper-laid boards (small stain on upper board, corners bumped - otherwise VG). Pp. 45, illus with woodcuts (some light spotting; previous owner's neat gift inscription on front prelim)... More
THE POETRY OF CRABBE
Chatto & Windus, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG, in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 175 (no inscriptions). More
ELIZABETHAN LOVE SONGS
Cupid Press, 1955. Limited numbered 1st edn (337 of 660) signed by illustrator. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth-backed marbled paper-laid boards, top edge gilt (VG in lightly torn glassine cover). Pp. vii + 134, illus with coloured lithographs by John Piper (no other inscriptions). More
IAN HAMILTON COLLECTED POEMS
Faber and Faber, 2009. 9780571227365. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxvii + 130 (previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper). More
THE TIDE TARRIETH NO MAN 1576 The Malone Society Reprints Volume 179
Malone Society [&] Manchester University Press , 2012. 9780719089312. Tall 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxxvii + 56, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF THOMAS HARDY
Macmillan, 1965. 4th edn later printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth, top edge red (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xxxi + 917 (pages tanned at edges; previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down). More
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY Volume I Wessex Poems, Poems of the Past and Present, Time's Laughingstocks [&] Volume II Satires of Circumstance, Moments of Vision, and Late Lyrics and Earlier [&] Volume III Human Shows, Winter Words and
Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1982-1985. 1st edn. 3 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edges spotted - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective covers). Pp. xxviii + 403 [&] ix + 543 [&] viii + 390, with b&w illus in text of vol I (previous owner's..... More
CATCHMENT AREA Poems
Oxford University Press, 1959. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered brown cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (small nicks to edges with partial loss to bottom edge of upper cover - in protective wrapper, not price-clipped). Pp. viii + 51 (no inscriptions). More
POINTS ON A JOURNEY And Other Poems
Macmillan, 1966. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 63 (no inscriptions). More
AUP New Poets 5
Auckland University Press, 2020. 9781869409036. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. x + 105 (no inscriptions). More
A SENSE OF TIPTOE And Other Articles of Faith
Holland Park Press, 2020. 9781907320934. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 76 (no inscriptions). More
FIELD WORK
Faber and Faber, 1979. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (spine faded - otherwise Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 64 (no inscriptions). More
THE MIDNIGHT VERDICT
Oldcastle Co Meath: Gallery Books, 2000. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 42 (no inscriptions). More
NEW SELECTED POEMS 1988-2013.
Faber and Faber, 2014. 9780571321711. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. x + 222 (no inscriptions). More
OPENED GROUND Poems 1966-1996.
Faber and Faber, 1998. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered green cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 478 (no inscriptions). More
THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID A Retelling of Robert Henryson's Poem.
Enitharmon Editions, 2004. Limited numbered regular 1st edition (274 of 350) signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. 4to (12¾ x 9½ ins). Original green cloth with plate inset in upper board and printed spine label (Fine). Pp. 41 designed and printed by Rampant Lions Press on 160gsm Arches..... More
HEINE Poems.
Bristol Classical Press, 2001. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. ix + 132 (publisher's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). [German text with English introduction]. More
A HOUSE IN MEMORY Last Poems
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. 9780228001256. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xiv + 124 (no inscriptions). More
LEO AND VIRGO
Private, 1962. 1st edn. 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (spine scuffed; soil marks on upper and lower covers). Pp. 48 (ink gift inscription on verso front free endpaper). More
THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID AND SEVEN FABLES
Faber and Faber, 2009. 9780571249282. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 183 (no inscriptions). More