Poetry & Drama
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1867. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a new edition. Small quarto (22 x 18cm), pp.[2] iv; 556 [2]. With frequent in-text wood engravings by the Dalziel Brothers after illustrations by Gilbert, and a frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary green full panelled calf with..... More
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
London: George Routledge and Sons, [no date] c.1900. [Poetry] SCHOOL PRIZE BINDING, Cambridge Edition. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[iv]; xxi; [1]; 689; [4], blank. Bound in blue full calf with gilt tooling and gilt scholastic device to upper. Raised bands, gilt tooling and tan label to spine. All edges marbled..... More
The Poetical Works. Complete Copyright Edition.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, 1901. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 878. Beautifully bound by in contemporary brown full morocco, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of the author. Printed in double columns. Internally nice and clean..... More
The Dolphin.
London: Faber and Faber 1973. [Poetry] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.78; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, illustrative dust-wrapper by Sidney Nolan with printed price of £1.75 to front flap and publisher's advertisements to back cover. Bumping to spine, bumping to spine of dustwrapper. Near..... More
For the Union Dead.
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. [American Poetry] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 72. Publisher's grey / blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 15s. A little off-setting from a related newspaper clipping at rear. Light toning and rubbing to jacket. Near..... More
History.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.207; [1], blank. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-wrapper designed by Sidney Nolan with printed price of £2.95 to front flap and media responses to anthology on back flap. Scuffing to dustwrapper. Fine. Robert..... More
Imitations.
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. [Poetry] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 149. [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to blue backing on spine. With the distinctive typographic dust-jacket, priced at 21s. A little spotting to endpapers. Some toning and spotting to jacket, with heavier browning to..... More
The Old Glory.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Drama] FIRST ENGLISH AND EXPANDED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 194. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at £1.30 on a sticker to front flap. Light spotting to edges. Jacket shows some toning to spine and a...... More
Phaedra.
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. [2] 90. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 15s. A crisp, clean copy, with some toning to jacket, especially spine, a closed tear to spine, and a touch..... More
Playtime and Company: A Book for Little Children.
London: Methuen and Co., 1925. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.95; [1]. With wood engravings by Shepard to every page. Publisher's pink quarter cloth with titles printed to paper label laid over spine. Glossy paper-covered boards with colour illustrations by Shepard. Yellow endpapers. Tiny ownership to flyleaf..... More
Evening in Stepney, and Other Poems.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.23 [3]. Publisher's paper wraps, titles to upper and lower. Light toning and wear to extremities. Near fine. The author's fourth poetry collection. More
Selected Poems.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1971. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.126 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. A crisp, clean copy showing some toning the spine of the price-clipped jacket. Near fine. More
Early Lyrics by Hugh MacDiarmid, recently discovered among letters to his schoolmaster and friend George Ogilvie. With an Appreciation of Ogilvie.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1968. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 16cm), pp.28. Number 93 of 350 copies thus. Publisher's green card covers, sewn, with green fly-leaves, and a green card prospectus / order form loose to preliminaries, marked as paid with thanks by the publisher Duncan Glenn..... More
In Memoriam James Joyce from a Vision of World Language.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1955. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.150. With occasional illustrations by Fergusson. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper. Top edge green. With the green dust-jacket titled in white, and priced at one Guinea. Spotting and..... More
Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn, and Once in a Cornish Garden.
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. [Poetry] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[5] 22 [1]. SIGNED by both MacDiarmid and his wife Valda, one in blue, the other in black ink to flyleaf. With three illustrations by Lorgan, including a frontispiece, and a photograph of Christopher and Valda..... More
First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems.
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.[10] 44 [2]. Number 221 of 450 copies thus. With a portrait illustration of the author as a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and to red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
The Burning Passion.
Glasgow: the Akros Press, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[6]. Number 2 of just 35 copies thus. Publisher's orange card throughout, sewn. A fine copy. First printed in 'First Hymn to Lenin' (1931). More
A Clyack-Sheaf.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1969. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 57 [5]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge brown, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. A lightly sunned strip to top edge on rear cover of jacket, and some spotting to edges. Near..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 22 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red..... More
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 108. Including an extensive Glossary. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, light blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Jacket toned to grey, and heavily rubbed to spine. A number..... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 166 of 350 copies thus, also SIGNED by the author in blue ink to first blank. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Some rubbing and handling to covers, with a...... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 107 of 350 copies thus. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Quite heavy wear to top edge of covers; light handling otherwise. Very good. Containing 'By Wauchopeside' (1932), and..... More
A Kist of Whistles. New Poems.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1947]. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spotting to edges and margins. Light browning throughout, and some light handling to cloth. Very good. From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp..... More
A Lap of Honour.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1967. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.69 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt monogram decoration to upper, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Jacket sunned to spine with..... More
Penny Wheep.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 90 [6]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s to spine. Ink ownership to flyleaf. Light toning and spotting to..... More