Poetry & Drama
Spring Tide and Neap Tide: Selected Poems 1932-72 | Reothairt is Contraigh Taghadh de Dhàin 1932-72.
Edinburgh: Canongate, 1977. [Gaelic Poetry] FIRST THUS, a dual-language edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 181 [1]. Gaelic poetry to the recto of each leaf, with an English translation facing on each verso. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ruari McLean..... More
Actfive and Other Poems.
New York, NY: Random House, 1948. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp. 63 [1]. Title page in two colours blue and black. Loosely inserted is an extract from 'The Explicator' published in May 1953 which critically analyses MacLeish's poem 'Hypocrite Auteur'. Publisher's blue quarter cloth lettered in gilt..... More
Actfive.
London: The Bodley Head, 1950. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.64. Publisher's cream cloth with black and red leaf patterning over front and back boards lettered in black to spine, white dust-wrapper with the same black and red leaf colouring as the binding with printed price of 7s..... More
Air Raid. A Verse Play for Radio.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1939. [Radio Play] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 36 [4]. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket priced at 3/6. A pair of blue ink ownerships to front endpapers. Some light toning and spotting to..... More
Public Speech.
London: Boriswood, 1936. [American Poetry] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[40]. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 3/6. Some toning to edges and endpapers. A little abrasion to spine titles. Jacket toned, with some rubbing and heavier toning to spine..... More
I Have Five Daughters. A Morning-Room Comedy in Three Acts made from Jane Austen's Novel Pride and Prejudice.
London: Samuel French, No date [c.1930s]. [Script] SECOND EDITION. Booklet (22 x 14cm), pp.77 [3]. Publisher's typographic softcovers, priced at four shillings to front. Light internal toning. Glue marks to hinges with front starting. Covers toned and lightly creased, mild wear to joints and spine ends. Very good. A 'morning-room,'..... More
The Burning Perch.
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.58 [2]. Publisher's Purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink dust-jacket titled in blue and red, priced at 12/6. Also with the scarce Poetry Book Society Bulletin announcing the book's publication, loose to preliminaries. A...... More
Eighty-Five Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. [Poetry] REVIEW COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.128. Loosely inserted is the publisher's note to the reviewer. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine, typographic dust-jacket, printed price at 10s 6d to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, 1.5cm and 3cm tears to..... More
The Mad Islands and The Administrator. Two Radio Plays.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [Radio Plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.112. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the cream and orange typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. Jacket lightly handled, and gently toned. Near fine. More
Spring-Board. Poems 1941-1944.
London: Faber and Faber, 1944. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.56. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 6s to front flap. Small pencilled ownership inscription to flyleaf. Light toning to top of cloth. Minor edgewear to jacket. Near fine. Irish poet..... More
Ten Burnt Offerings.
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.96. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey typographic dust-jacket. Lightly toned throughout; tobacco scented. Jacket toned and rubbed to spine and edges with some light chipping also, and a small ink stain to..... More
Escape From Anger: Poems in Pamphlet XI.
Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1951. [Poetry] HAND-CORRECTED FIRST EDITIONS. Three copies. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 327-356. Publisher's blue soft covers, priced at 1s, stapled twice. All three copies hand-corrected (presumably by the author) in black ink, with slightly differing crossings-out, additions, and marginal notes. Covers toned and..... More
Land Workers.
London: William Heinemann, 1942. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 12. Publisher's plain paper covers, priced at 1s. Toned to covers and throughout, with some light handling. Near fine. More
Minnie Maylow's Story, and Other Tales & Scenes.
London: William Heinemann, 1931. [Verse] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[14] 256 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue-striped dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Jacket heavily toned to spine, with rubbing to joints and chipping to head and tail of spine and corners..... More
Right Royal.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Horse Racing Poetry] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 120. Publisher's green paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate, and a bookseller's label, to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers and toning to edges..... More
Lee: A Dramatic Poem.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1926. [American Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[12] 139 [3]. Number 149 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to the limitation page. Printed on fine, handmade paper. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and..... More
The Garden of Bright Waters. One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1920. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.108 [4]. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with black titles to spine and black paper over boards. Untrimmed edges. Wth the typographic green dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Some leaves unopened; very light spotting and toning throughout. Light wear and toning..... More
The Imitation Game: Three Plays for Television by Ian McEwan. [Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration, and Solid Geometry].
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Television Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's oatmeal cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Craig Dodd, priced at £5.95. A minor bump and a light mark to jacket front cover. A fine copy. Not to be confused..... More
Carmen, an Opera in Four Acts. Taken from the story of Prosper Merimee, the original Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy. New English Version by John and Ada Galsworthy.
London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1932. [Opera Libretto] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] x; 80 [2]. Number 97 of 650 copies, 600 thus, SIGNED by both John and Ada Galsworthy ink black ink to limitation page. Publisher's white quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and silver..... More
Later Poems.
London: The Bodley Head, 1902. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[4] 37 [7]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine with gilt decoration to upper. Untrimmed edges. Toning to edges and endpapers, with a touch of general handling. Near fine. Alice Meynell was a British writer, editor..... More
The Crucible.
London: Penguin, 1996. [Drama] FILM TIE-IN EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp. XXVII; [1], blank; [3]; 32; [6], photographs of 'The Crucible' being performed; 33-96. Black publisher's cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper picturing Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. Very slight bumping to spine, 1.5cm tear to dustwrapper..... More
Resurrection Blues.
Minneapolis, MN: Guthrie Theater, 2002. [Drama] INSCRIBED PLAY-SCRIPT. Octavo (22 x16cm), pp.[6] 136. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front cover: 'To William | from Arthur | August.' Pictorial white pamphlet lettered with grey and black, bound with black paper to spine. Slight scuffing; small price label to..... More
A View From The Bridge. Two One-Act Plays.
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vii [1] 160. Red quarter cloth, patterned red paper over boards. Lettered in white to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Robert Hallock with printed price of $3 to front flap. Top edge of textblock red. Toning and..... More
Just Wild about Harry. A Melo-Melo in Seven Scenes.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1964. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green and purple typographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. The lightest of handling. A lovely crisp fine copy. More
Streams.
Lindfield: Lemon Publications, 1975. [Poetry] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.145; [1]; unpaginated blanks to rear. Publisher's printed wrappers. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "To Guy | Have a jolly jubilee | mate | Peter | The Bend | Lindfield. 77." With a foreword by Spike..... More