Poetry & Drama
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. With Portraits.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1909. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND BY BICKERS. Two volumes in one. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 786. With two tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrations of Browning. Blue full morocco to boards, gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Gilt roll-tooled dentelle to turn-ins. Blue endpapers. All edges gilt..... More
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. With Portraits [Two Fore-Edge Paintings].
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1897. [Poetry] FORE-EDGE PAINTING. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 748, pp.viii; 786. Two volumes bound as one. With an engraved portrait of the poet as frontispiece to each volume. Attractively bound in the 'West End' style, in full red crushed morocco, gilt dentelle to turn-ins..... More
John Clare and Picturesque Landscape.
Oxford: the Clarendon Press, 1983. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 158 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light blue endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket titled in red and black. Light spotting to edges. Jacket a little bruised and rubbed, with a closed tear..... More
The Piper of Hamelin: A Fantastic Opera in Two Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. [Illustrated Drama] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.64. With 12 wood engraved plates by Thomson, as well as a decorated title page. Publisher's light green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Black ink ownership..... More
The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Numerous Notes, Annotations, and Appendices.
London: Blackie and Son, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.cclxxvi; iv; 149; [1]; pp.xx; 412. With a total of 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting..... More
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
Newport, RI: John Brown, 1870. [Poetry] PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.240. A facsimile of the 1786 Kilmarnock edition. Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere for Lauriat in tan half calf over buckram sides, gilt to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents toned, some thumbmarks, neat repair to corner..... More
Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the time of the Late Wars.
Edinburgh: Printed by Bell and Murray, 1779. [Satirical Poetry] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Complete in two volumes. Duodecimo in half-sheets (18 x 11cm), pp.xxxii; 408; pp.419 [1]. With a preface and very extensive footnotes. Also with a folding copper engraved frontispiece to volume I. Original marbled boards showing vellum..... 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
The Selected Poems of Roy Campbell.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] xxii; 131 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black photographic dust-jacket, priced at £7.50. A fine, as-new copy. More
The Wayzgoose a South African Satire.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp. 61 [1]. Publisher's mottled brown cloth lettered in blue to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Untrimmed edges. Heavy offsetting from a promotional 'Now & Then' card to pp.24-25. Light general wear, with toning and wear..... More
The Hunting of the Snark.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, deluxe binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 248. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in gilt to upper board and spine. Seventeen illustrations including the tissue-guarded frontispiece, decorative borders in green. Some small tears around name card holder to..... More
Tokiwa and Other Poems.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1895. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 357; [3]. Publisher's stippled pink cloth over boards with red pictorial decoration and titles to upper, small rose design to lower. Gilt titles to spine. Edges untrimmed. Interior toned with some foxing, mostly to preliminaries and endpapers..... More
Marching Soldier.
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. [War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.28. A single long poem. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to upper. With the plain dust-jacket, titled to both covers. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Jacket price-clipped, with a little light wear and chipping to edges. Near..... More
Akhnaton.
London: Collins, 1973. [Play] PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.157; [1]. Publisher's mottled red paper wraps, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Andrew Vargo priced at £1.80 net. A scarce proof copy sent out in advance of the first edition. Dust-jacket very slightly creased and rubbed to top and bottom edges..... More
The Mousetrap. A Play in Two Acts.
London: Samuel French Limited, [circa 1990]. [Drama] CENTENARY EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] 70 [4]. Publisher's yellow paper covers, illustrated to upper, reproducing the original from 1954. With a photogravure plate showing the set. Internally bright and clean. Minor crease to upper. A fine copy. First performed in 1952..... More
Poems.
London: Collins, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.124 [4]. Publisher's maroon cloth with white titles to spine and upper. Light spotting and toning to edges. Some sunning and a few marks to spine. Lacking the original clear plastic jacket. Very good. Containing two separate volumes, the first..... More
Poems.
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.124; [4]. Publisher's burgundy cloth, white ruling and titles to upper and spine. Interior crisp and bright. A fine copy in pristine condition. Containing two separate volumes, the first originally published as 'The Road of..... More
L'Alleluja. Poesie di Ennio Contini e La Prima Decade dei Cantos di Ezra Pound.
Mazara: Societa Editrice Siciliana, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.131 [5]. All text in Italian. Publisher's soft covers titled in red and black, priced at L.1000. Publisher's promotional slip to preliminaries. Toned throughout, especially to edges. Vertical crease to front cover, with light spotting and moderate wear..... More
Collected Poems.
London: The Cresset Press, 1954. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS NAOMI MITCHISON. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.117 [3]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Illustrated bookplate of Naomi Mitchison to fly-leaf. Spine toned and gilt dulled. Jacket heavily toned to..... More
The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper. Including his Translation of Homer.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1875. [Poetry] FINELY-BOUND COPY. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xxiv; 516; [2]. With eighteen steel engravings, including a frontispiece, after William Harvey. Red full morocco. Tooling in both blind and gilt to boards. Gilt titles, further gilt decoration, and raised bands to spine. Turn-ins gilt ruled. Bevelled..... More
The Poetical Works of William Cowper.
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1854. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxx; 416 [2]; pp.[2] xxviii; 428 [2]. Reasonably-sized print on good paper. Very fine contemporary green full morocco by J. WRIGHT, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and very fine..... More
Poems by William Cowper, Of the Inner Temple, Esq.
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1787. [Poetry] THIRD EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 367 [1]; pp.[8] 359 [1]. Contemporary full tan calf, recently rebacked with the original spines laid over. Gilt titles to red labels on spines. Armorial bookplate of Michael Pepper to front pastedown of each..... More
Northanger Abbey. A Comedy in Three Acts, Based Upon Jane Austen's Novel.
London: The Fortune Press, 1950. [Script] FIRST EDITION. Booklet (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 63 [3]. Publisher's stapled softcovers priced at 4s 6d to front flap. Stage map to rear leaf. Light internal toning with spotting to prelims, rear leaves, and edges. Pencilled annotations throughout. Two large ownership stamps to half-title..... More