Poetry & Drama
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In The Potter's Field. and Other New Poems.
London: John Murray, 1936. [Poetry] PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH LETTER. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 98; [12]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, embossed ruling to front board with gilt titling, dust-jacket with printed price 5s to flap. Letter attached to front endpaper from Gorell to George..... More
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Collected and Arranged, with Notes and Illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1866. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16] 827 [3]. Finely bound by HAYDAY in full black morocco, gilt titles and decorations to spine, gilt panelled decoration to boards, raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt dentelle turn ins over plain endpapers. With an engraved frontispiece..... More
The Works of Lord Byron. Complete in One Volume.
London: John Murray, 1842. [Romantic Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[4] viii; 827 [5]. With an engrave frontispiece portrait of the author and a vignette title page, as well as two double-sided facsimile plates showing the author's handwriting at different ages. Very small print over two columns. Contemporary..... More
Marino Faliero. Doge of Venice, An Historical Tragedy. In Five Acts. With Notes.
Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1821. [Tragedy] FIRST PARIS EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[4]; 271; [1]. Brown half calf, Shell marbled paper over boards. Grey label with gilt titles, gilt bands, and blind-tooled designs to spine. Edges speckled black. Blue endpapers. Original bookmarking ribbon loosely inserted. Interior bright, though..... More
Plays of Near and Far.
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. [Drama] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 150; [4]. Publisher's caramel cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Machine-marbled endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Previous owner's inscription in black ink to flyleaf verso, toning to edges of textblock, toning to..... More
Snowdon on Stage. With a Personal View of the British Theatre 1954-1996.
London: Pavilion, 1996. [Performing Arts] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.157; [3]. Publisher's white paper covered boards, titles in black to spine, blind stamped to upper. Dust-jacket, with printed price of £35.00. Inscribed by the two contributors to the half title: "To Edward | with very best |..... More
The Death of Oenone, Akbar's Dream, and Other Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[8] 111 [1]. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Internally clean, some light bumping to boards corners and spine. Near fine. Poems from a Poet Laureate. More
Gareth and Lynette. etc.
London: Strahan and Co., 1872. [Arthurian Legend] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[6] 136 [10]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Yellow-coated endpapers. A lovely clean copy, partially unopened, with some rubbing to spine. Near fine. Begun in 1859, Tennyson's classic exploration of the legend of King..... More
Gareth and Lynette. etc.
London: Strahan and Co., 1872. [Arthurian Legend] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[6] 136 [10]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Yellow-coated endpapers. Contents clean, discreet ink name to endpaper, frayed at spine ends, extremities rubbed. Very good. Begun in 1859, Tennyson's classic exploration of the legend..... More
Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, etc.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. [Poetry and Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[8] 201 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Edges untrimmed. Bookseller's blind stamp to fly-leaf. Light toning throughout, and somewhat cocked. Spine toned, with light rubbing to cloth. Very good. Including the title..... More
Poems.
Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Two volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[6] vi; 436 [4]; pp.[4] iv; 443 [5]. With a steel-engraved frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume. Contemporary green full straight-grained morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spines and gilt ruling to..... More
The Holy Grail. And Other Poems.
London: Strahan and Co., 1869. [Poetry] ADVANCE COPY. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 222; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with embossed patterning lettered in gilt to spine. Light spotting throughout, toning to edges of textblock, sunning to spine, wearing and bumping to spine and edges. Very good. Despite the book's publication..... More
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