Poetry & Drama
Nurse Cavell. A Play in Three Acts.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1933. [Drama] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[16] 104 [8]. Publisher's green cloth, typographic paper label to spine. Top edge yellow. Light toning, spotting, and marking throughout. Small publisher's slip to rear blanks. Bookplate of Trevor Hickman to front pastedown..... More
The Journey of a Lonely Man.
Singapore: Gabriel Fratini, 1989. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp. 47 [1]. Line-drawn illustrations by the author throughout. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Hans | from G.F. | 30-5-90.' Black paper-covered boards showing illustrations by the author. Light wear to covers..... More
A Lost Season.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1944. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.60. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain dust-jacket titled in blue. A lovely crisp copy on wartime economy standard paper. Price to jacket flap carefully removed (not clipped), with some..... More
New Poems.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.61 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the purple typographic dust-jacket designed by Patricia Davey, priced at 15s. Just a hint of toning to jacket spine, otherwise a lovely crisp copy. Near fine. More
Off Course.
London: Turret Books, 1969. SIGNED Limited Edition (First). Small Octavo, pp. 16 [1]. No. 47 of 250 copies signed by the author. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. As new. 15 short poems. More
Owls and Artificers Oxford Lectures on Poetry.
London: André Deutsch, December 1971. [Lectures on Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.136 [8]. Publisher's orange cloth lettered with silver to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by John Andrews, priced at £1.80. Very slight toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, and bumping to corners of..... More
Poems 1937-1942.
London: P.L. Editions, 1943. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp. [x]; 62. Five illustrated plates by Graham Sutherland, loosely inserted are newspaper reviews of the book. Publisher's red quarter cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with illustrated boards, illustrative dust-jacket designed by Graham Sutherland, printed price of 8s..... More
Poems of Milosz.
London: Enitharmon Pamphlets, 1993. [Poetry] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 16cm), pp.[24]. Number 58 of 200 copies thus. Completely plain paper covers, sewn, with the blue dust-jacket titled to upper, and priced at £3.50 to rear. Light rubbing to spine. Near fine. More
Collected Poems.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1950. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.x; 181 [1]. Publisher's oatmeal quarter cloth, with grey paper over boards, and a printed paper title label to spine. A blue ink ownership to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean, with toning to edges. Bumping..... More
Oscar Wilde: A Study.
Oxford: The Holywell Press, 1905. [Literary Biography] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[12] 110 [2]. From an edition of 500 copies. With five illustrated plates, including a frontispiece caricature of Wilde. Publisher's slate blue paper-covered boards with red and black titles to paper labels on spine and upper. All..... More
The Savoy Operas. Being the Complete Text of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas as Originally Produced in the Years 1875-1893.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [Comic Opera] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 698 [2]. Contemporary red half calf by RAMAGE of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, and marbled endpapers. Some toning to edges, otherwise crisp..... More
Reality Sandwiches. 1953-60.
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 13cm), pp.98 [2]. Typographic softcovers priced at $1.50 to rear. With four loose newspaper clippings reviewing the collection. Lightly toned to title page. Near fine. A major collection from Beat legend Allen Ginsberg, a few of the poems..... More
Wichita Vortex Sutra.
London: Housmans, Publishers, June 1967. [Counterculture / Poetry] SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (20 x 17cm), pp.12. Publisher's grey paper covers, stapled twice, with title to front cover and advertisements to inside of rear cover. Black ink ownership to title page. Alan Jackson's poem, 'Knox (I)' is copied in blue..... More
Hugh MacDiarmid: An Essay for 11th August 1977.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1977. [Literary Criticism] LIMITED SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto pamphlet (21 x 21cm), pp.12 [4]. Number 67 of 300 copies thus, SIGNED by the author and publisher in black ink to limitation page at rear. Publisher's red card covers, stapled, with black card fly-leaves. Light handling to..... More
The Crowning Privilege: The Clark Lectures 1954-1955. Also Various Essays on Poetry and Sixteen New Poems.
London: Cassell & Company, 1955. [Poetry and Literary Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain typographic dust-jacket priced at 15s. Gently toned throughout; a little light wear to board. Jacket lightly toned all over; more heavily to..... More
More Poems 1961.
London: Cassell, 1961. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[10] 45 [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Very slight sunning to jacket spine, otherwise a lovely fine copy. More
New Poems 1962.
London: Cassell, 1962. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[10] 42. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at 12/6. A little rubbing and a couple of nicks to jacket, otherwise a lovely fine copy. More
No More Ghosts. Selected Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1940. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.80. Publisher's paper boards, blue titles to upper and spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 2/6 to front flap. Toned and lightly spotted throughout. Offsetting to endpapers. Small ownership inscription in blue ink to flyleaf. Light toning..... More
Poems 1926-1930.
London: William Heinemann, 1931. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 89 [3]. With the spare title label at rear. Publisher's maroon cloth with white lizard-skin pattern and black titles to paper labels on spine and upper. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the remains of the matching dust-jacket..... More
Poems 1926-1930.
London: William Heinemann, 1931. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 89 [3]. With the spare title label at rear. Publisher's maroon cloth with white lizard-skin pattern and black titles to paper labels on spine and upper. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. A...... More
Poems 1965-1968.
London: Cassell, 1968. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 97 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Some light spotting to endpapers and cloth. Light handling to jacket only. Near fine. More
Poems 1968-1970.
London: Cassell, 1970. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.x; 90. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green and cream dust-jacket designed by Brian Roll, priced at £1.50. Light rubbing and a couple of small closed tears to jacket edges, and some light red marks..... More
Poems 1970-1972.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 83 [1]. Publisher's quarter orange cloth with brown titles to spine, and black cloth over boards. Orange endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at $5.95. Light handling and rubbing to jacket, with a few..... More
Poems 1970-1972.
London: Cassell, 1972. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.x; 85 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the Blue typographic dust-jacket. Blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Price-clipped jacket very slightly tone to spine, with one tiny closed tear and very light handling. Near fine..... More
Poems and Satires 1951.
London: Cassell & Company, 1951. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 40. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in purple, priced at 7/6. A lovely clean copy with just a little toning and rubbing to jacket; more so to spine..... More