WHAT SEX IS DEATH?
University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. 9780299350345. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xxvii + 198, illus with b&w frontispiece (no inscriptions). [Parallel Italian and English text]. More
Literature
CAUTIONARY TALES And Other Verses.
Folio Society, 1997. 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), slipcase (VG). Pp. 160, illus with coloured and b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
MANDEVILLE PRESS 8 Volumes First Impressions, Village Under the Sea, Between Root & Sky, Winter Hostages, Man Dancing with the Moon, The January Divan, The Coast of Bohemia, Twists of the Way.
Mandeville Press, 1979-1983. 8 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Original printed card covers (softbacks) (VG). Unpaginated (no inscriptions). First Impressions (limited edn of 250, 1983), Village Under the Sea (limited edn of 250, 1983), Between Root & Sky (limited edn of 235, 1982), Winter Hostages (limited edn of 250..... More
ORLANDO INNAMORATO in Four Volumes.
London, 1781. 4 vols. 12mo (6¼ x 4 ins). Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt tooled in five compartments with contrasting labels, gilt tooled board edges, marbled edges and endpapers (all vols lightly worn and chafed at corners and edges). Pp. [v] + 401 + [7] blank [&] [v] + 419..... More
BERRYMAN'S SONNETS
Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (faint spotting on page edges - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 115 (no inscriptions). More
SELECTED POEMS
Folio Society, 2007. 2nd printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. xiv + 222, illus with coloured drawings by Peter Bailey and b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
LAWS FOR HONEY
Liverpool: Erbacce Press, 2020. 9781912455164. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 96 (no inscriptions). More
SOUTHPAW NIGHTS
James Ward Kirk, 2015. Signed by author on title page and his biro notes on rear endpapers. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 105 (no other inscriptions). More
THE QUENTIN BLAKE BOOK OF NONSENSE VERSE
Viking, 1994. 9780670852284. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 285, illus with b&w drawings by the author in text (no inscriptions). More
EAST ANGLIAN POEMS
Edmund Blunden Society, 2008. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 27, illus with b&w map (no inscriptions). More
ENGLISH POEMS
Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1925. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red cloth with printed spine label (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 125 with spare label tipped-in at rear (some pages uncut; previous owner's 1926 inscription on front free endpaper; endpapers and prelims spotted). More
THE JOY POEMS
Edmund Blunden Society, 2008. Signed and inscribed by Margi Blunden on front endpaper. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 26 (no other inscriptions). More
MASKS OF TIME A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative.
The Beaumont Press, 1925. Limited numbered edn (324 of 390). 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Original gilt lettered cloth-backed decorative paper-laid boards (spine a little toned - otherwise VG). Pp. 58, illus with coloured pictorial title, 2 b&w plates and decorated initials in text by Randolph Schwabe (no inscriptions). More
POEMS OF MANY YEARS
Collins, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (chipped at head of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 312 (no inscriptions). More
SONNETS And Other Poems.
Bath: Printed R. Cruttwell and sold by C. Dilly London, 1796. 5th edn. 8vo (8 x 5 ins). Contemporary full speckled calf, raised-ribbed gilt ruled spine in six compartments with contrasting label, boards with gilt rolled gilt fillet border, gilt tooled edges and returns and marbled endpapers (small abrasions on..... More
THE MOON ON MY LEFT
Victor Gollancz, 1930. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 84, illus with line dwgs in text by Anna Zinkeisen (no inscriptions). More
RAAG LEAVES FOR PARESH CHAKRABORTY
Shearsman, 2008. 9781905700776. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Unpaginated, with red silk page marker, illus with b&w frontispieces (no other inscriptions). More
EROS & PSYCHE A Poem in Twelve Measures The Story Done Into English from the Latin of Apuleius.
George Bell and Sons, 1885. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered quarter parchment on blue cloth (light wear at head of spine and top edge a little dust stained - otherwise VG). Pp. 158, title page printed in red and black (endpapers tanned; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down and..... More
INFINITE RICHES Dulwich College Poets 1950 to the Present Day.
Dulwich College, 2016. 9780953949342. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black spine cloth with blue laminated boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 143, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
POEMS BY THE BRONTE SISTERS Charlotte Emily Jane & Anne Bronte.
Folio Press, 1987. 8vo. Original black buckram cloth-backed marbled paper-laid boards with gilt lettered label on upper board, top edge gilt (light spotting on page edges - otherwise Fine in acetate wrapper). Pp. 94 (light marks on half title; some pages uncut; no inscriptions). More
THE HARLEY LYRICS The Middle English Lyrics of MS Harley 2253 Old and Middle English Texts.
Manchester University Press, 1964. 3rd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered light green cloth (top edge lightly spotted, spine ends a little discoloured - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tanned at spine, lightly stained on part of lower cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 131, illus with b&w..... More
1914 & Other Poems
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916. 15th imp. 8vo. Original blue cloth with paper spine label (head and tail of spine very lightly scuffed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lacks spine, covers a little marked - in protective wrapper). Pp. 63, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard (no inscriptions), with spare label..... More
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE With a Memoir.
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1927. 16th imp. 8vo. Contemporary full morocco by Hatchards, gilt lettered raised-ribbed spine, top edge gilt (ribs lightly rubbed - otherwise VG). Pp. clix + 159, illus with 2 b&w plates with tissue-guards (no inscriptions). More
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING Volume III Pippa Passes King Victor and King Charles The Return of the Druses A Soul's Tragedy
Smith Elder, 1889. 8vo. Original suede binding with gilt lettered leather label, all edges gilt, floral endpapers (endpapers partly discoloured). Pp. vi + 302, illus with b&w drawing frontispiece (previous owner's neat inscription on front prelim). More