"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
Poetry & Drama
The Day's Alarm.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.53; [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red and cream patterned paper over boards. With the cream decorated dust-jacket with red titles, priced..... More
Nouns and Pronouns.
Peterborough, NH: Windy Row Press, 1974. [Poetry]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.79; [1]. Publisher's brown leather effect cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fran Hall. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the flyleaf. Some offsetting along the gutter, a few marks..... More
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The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1898. [Literary Magazine]. FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.vi; 3-716. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Brown floral endpapers. With a PSA Book Fund bookplate to front pastedown. Some gatherings a little loose;..... More
The Crown Diamond. An Evening with Sherlock Holmes. A Play in One Act.
New York, NY: Baskerette Press [The Baker Street Irregulars], 1958. FIRST EDITION in book-form, limited to 59 numbered copies (this being out-of-series). Slim octavo, unpaginated, with woodblock illustrations, two of which are printed in colour. Publisher's black quarter cloth over pink paper-covered boards with title label to upper. Internally very..... More
The Venus Touch.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 13cm), pp.63; [1]. Illustrated with drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Number 15 of 500 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the limitation page. Publisher's peach cloth with gilt titles and illustration to..... More
Lyrics Pathetic And Humorous From A To Z.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. First Edition. Quarto. Illustrated grey paper boards, with beveled edges, and cream cloth spine. A lavishly illustrated alphabet book, it includes twenty four plates, as XYZ are represented by a single plate. Edges of boards are rubbed, worn at corners, with some fading, and..... More
A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare.
London: Bickers and Son, 1880. [Shakespeare Reference] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; viii; 514; [2]. Publisher's black quarter straight grained leather with gilt titles to spine and red cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Burgundy coated endpapers. Rear hinge starting, some spotting to edges. Some..... More
Grandmama's Nursery Stories.
Tunbridge Wells: Lewis Hepworth, n.d. RARE. PRINTED AND BOUND IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Octavo, pp.46. Bound in blue-green cloth, with title in bright gilt to centre of front board. Blank endpapers. In very good condition, with several light marks to front board, and a split in rear board. Nonetheless, the binding..... More
Nature-Poems. (And Others).
Tunbridge Wells: Lewis Hepworth and Morriss, 1893. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in russet cloth, with titles to front board, and decorative ruling to both front and rear boards. Decorative foliate endpapers. Binding shows minimal signs of wear. Internally clean, excepting some darkening to front and rear free endpapers from binder's..... More
The Spanish Gypsy. A Poem.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1868, FIRST EDITION. 8vo., 223 x 147mm., pps. 358 + 8-page publisher's catalogue. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt motif to upper, gilt titles and decoration to spine, grey-coloured coated endpapers.Some minor wear, spine a touch darkened, rubbed to extremities. Very good indeed..... More
After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1934. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.68. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket priced at 3/6. Faint erasure to pastedown, minor spotting, jacket with old tape to..... More
The Confidential Clerk. A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1954. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.136. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers titled in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Corrected text on p.7, which is apparently more elusive. Some light spotting including board edges, trivial toning to jacket; overall a fresh, bright..... More
The Waste Land.
New York, NY: Boni and Liveright, 1922. LIMITED SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.64. Number 518 of 1000 copies printed. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Edges untrimmed. Text block lightly browned, as expected. Some rubbing to fore-edges and spine; a few marks..... More
Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, in 3 volumes. Together with: Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, chiefly written during the early part of the Fourteenth Century; to which is prefixed an Historical Introduction, intended to Illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England.
London: Published for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. 6 volumes, 8vo., in a lovely contemporary full speckled calf with gilt raised bands, green and brown title labels and gilt tooling to spines, decorative gilt border to boards, grey end papers. Internally sound and clean. Binding a little rubbed..... More
??t???afa ????µata Autographa Poiemata (1896-1910). ?? ?et??d?? Se???p????? s? pa??µ???t?p? ??d?s? pa???s?asµ??? ?p? t?? G.?. S??????. The Segopoulou Notebook, in a Facsimile Edition by G.P. Savidis.
Athens: ?e?????af???, 1968. [Modern Greek Poetry] LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[62]; 14. Being 31 leaves with facsimiles of Cavafy's manuscript poems printed to recto only, and a printed essay by G.P. Savides at rear. This is number 51 of just 500 copies in this edition. Publisher's plain..... More
The Art of H. Davis Richter.
Benfleet: F. Lewis. 1935; 1944. SIGNED FIRST EDITION subscribers' copy, number 94 of 200 copies, with associated signed first edition of 'Paintings and Poems'. Text by Fell; poems by Lady Sackville. pp. xx, 55, (44 plates in colour and monochrome); 35, (colour plates to each facing page). 'The Art' in..... More
The Vegetable, Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. With the original green cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Recent green full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and a gilt autograph stamped to upper board. Marbled endpapers; fore-edge..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.145; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Recent green full morocco, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, green marbled endpapers, original green cloth upper and spine bound in at rear. Internally clean. Very..... More
Don Juan, A Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1926. LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv, 160. With a frontispiece photograph of the author. Number 150 of 380 copies printed on hand made English paper. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine sunned; good overall. Flecker was inspired to write..... More
Collected Poems of Robert Frost.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[16]; 436. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue. With the plain dust-jacket titled in blue and orange, priced at 18s. A crisp, clean copy of the book..... 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
The Plays Of John Galsworthy.
London: Duckworth, 1929. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, octavo. Contemporary binding of blue half crushed morocco by Bumpus with gilt titles and gilt box design to spine, marbled boards and endpapers; all edges gilt. Spine a little faded; binding rubbed and marked. A lovely copy. More
The "Bab" Ballads. With which are included Songs of a Savoyard. With 350 Illustrations by the Author.
London: Macmillan and Co 1924. Crown octavo, pp.xii; 564. Contemporary 'school prize' binding of full tan calf, extra gilt, with marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Gilt stamp to front cover, prize-giving details to first blank, minor wear only; a fine copy, attractively bound. More
Fifty "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. with illustrations by the author.
London, George Routledge and Sons. 1881. Publisher's attractive green cloth with embossed black and gold patterns to spine and upper. Gilt top edge. Numerous black and white illustrations. More
The Bab Ballads, with which are included Songs of a Savoyard.
London: Macmillan and co., 1932. Octavo. Bound by Lauriat in half blue morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt ruling to boards, with raised bands and titles in gilt to spine; top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With 350 illustrations by the author. Binding shows little wear, but is tanned to spine..... More