Poetry & Drama
Like a Bulwark.
London: Faber and Faber, 1957. [Poetry] REVIEW COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. 41; [3]. Blue publisher's cloth lettered with gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket, publisher's information on the back of dust-jacket, printed price of 10s 6d to front flap. Loosely inserted is a publisher's invitation for a review copy..... More
The Gazelles and Other Poems.
London: Duckworth and Co., 1904. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet in soft covers (20 x 15cm), pp.32. Publisher's grey paper covers with title to upper, priced at 1s. Rubbing and a couple of small chips to edges. Black ink ownership to half-title. Very good. More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Explanatory Notes, etc. The Chandos Poets.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1880s]. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xii [2]; 653 [3]. With 12 engraved plates, and a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary red full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and blind ruling..... More
John Nobody.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. [Indian English Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.52 [4]. Publisher's grey cloth with titles in red and silver to spine. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in grey and orange. Price-clipped jacket rubbed and lightly chipped to edges, with toning and sunning to..... More
Rites of Passage. Selected Translations.
Manchester: Carcanet New Press, 1976. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.190; [2]. INSCRIBED by the author to Atlantic editor C. Michael Curtis in black ink to the title page. White softcovers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Carole Reeves priced at £3.95 to front flap. Interior..... More
In My Mind's Eye: Poems in the Japanese Style.
Harold Morland, 1971. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH LETTERS. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.42; [2], blank. Brown pamphlet lettered in black with Japanese characters on the front cover. SIGNED by the author with loosely inserted letters from Morland. Toning to spine, ink stain on front cover. Very good. This first..... More
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. [Pre-Raphaelite Poetry] FIRST KING-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 310. With 96 illustrations by King, including a frontispiece, decorated title page, and numerous in-text illustrations and full-page plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge..... More
Independence.
Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1981. [Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.29 [3]. One of just 600 cloth-bound copies, from a total print-run of 1800. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red and green patterned endpapers. With the tan dust-jacket featuring an illustration of the..... More
Twelve Poems.
Stoke Ferry: Daedalus Press, 1968. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[22]. Number 8 of 300 copies SIGNED by the author. Publisher's plain soft covers, with the grey dust-jacket titled in gilt to front cover. Bumped to corners, with some light handling. Near fine. More
The Best Poems of 1941.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp. 128. Small red illustrations on flyleaf and backs of boards, illustrative frontispiece. Publisher's yellow cloth with red illustrations to font board with white title sticker to spine, priced at 6s. to front flap. Loosely inserted is a letter..... More
Madoc. A Mystery.
London: Faber and Faber, 1990. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[10]; 261; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth to boards, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by George Catlin priced at £14.99 to front flap..... More
St. George's Day And Other Poems.
London: John Murray, 1918. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.48. Publisher's green cloth, white titles and ruling to upper. Gilt titles to spine. Light toning to leaves, some offsetting to endpapers. A few pencil annotations here and there. Two ownership inscriptions to flyleaf, one in black ink, one..... More
Lamps in the Valley: A Book of Verse.
London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1927. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.56. Publisher's green quarter cloth with green paper over boards, and dark blue titles to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. With the original glassine jacket, as well as the wrap-around band stating 'A Book of Verses..... More
The Old Man of the Mountains. A Play in Three Acts.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.76. Publisher's orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 6s to front flap. Light spotting to endpapers. Toning and spotting to edges. Some mottling to the top of upper board. Rubbing to..... More
A Salute From the Fleet and Other Poems.
London: Methuen and Co., 1915. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 208; 32. Methuen advertisements to rear. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Gilt ruling and embellishment to upper. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at 5/- to spine. Top edge gilt, the rest..... More
A Pagan Place. A Play.
London: Faber & Faber, 1973. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.64. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, clipped and repriced by the publisher to £2.50 with a sticker. Errata sticker to copyright page. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with..... More
Blasts and Benedictions: Articles and Stories.
London: Macmillan, 1967. [Theatre Criticism and Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xx; 314 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the red typographic dust-jacket showing a black and white photograph of the author. A lovely bright, crisp copy. Jacket priced-clipped, with an abrasion mark to..... More
Drums Under the Windows.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1945. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.vi; 340 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jack Matthew, priced at 15s. Spotting and toning to edges. Jacket toned..... More
The Flying Wasp. A Laughing Look-Over of what has been said about the Things of the Theatre by the English Dramatic Critics, with many Merry and Amusing Comments thereon, with some shrewd remarks by the author on the Wise, Delicious, and Dignified tendencies in the Theatre of To-Day.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1937. [Theatre Criticism] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Alexander Knox. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 201 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to a silver backing square on spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Black ink ownership of..... More
Inishfallen Fare Thee Well.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1949. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 307 [1]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to a green backing square on spine. With the green and grey illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Light spotting and toning..... More
Oak Leaves And Lavender, or, A Warld on Wallpaper.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1946. [Irish Wartime Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 163 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Gently toned throughout to low quality wartime paper, otherwise crisp and clean. Jacket a little toned to..... More
Rose and Crown.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1952. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 307 [5]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles to a red backing square on spine. With the green illustrated dust-jacket. Some toning to edges, and a little bumping..... More
Nenagh Minstrelsy: A Volume of Original Poems, Songs, and Translations, Compiled, Revised, and Published by John O'Shea.
Nenagh: Printed at the Office of the Guardian, 1838-39. [Irish Poetry and Songs] ONLY EDITION. Sexto (18 x 12cm), pp.xii; 7-126 [2]; pp.64 [2]; pp.56 [2]; pp.11 [1]. Complete with the two separate title pages dated 1838. Contemporary green diced cloth with gilt titles to spine and yellow coated endpapers..... More
Common Adventures: a Book of Prose and Verse [and] Nicolas Flamel: a Play in Four Acts, from the French of Gerard de Nerval.
Dublin: The Orwell Press, 1926. [Irish Short Stories and Drama] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[12] 53 [1]. Number 183 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. Publisher's plain card covers with grey endpapers. All edges untrimmed; partially unopened. Lightly..... More
The Poetry of Dylan Thomas.
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1954. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 164 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with remnants of titles to spine. Astrological illustrations to endpapers. With the red typographic dust-jacket. A contemporary London bus ticket loose to preliminaries. Titles to spine largely rubbed..... More