"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
Poetry & Drama
Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell.
London: Shakespeare Printing Office, 1804. FINE BEWICK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxvii, 68. With five full page woodcuts and numerous vignettes by Thomas and John Bewick. Elegantly bound in later red half Morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to spine. Speckled edges. Some occasional light spotting, some near..... More
The Poetical Works of Gray and Collins.
London: Oxford University Press, 1917. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.324; [4] blank. Oxford binding of navy polished calf binding, raised bands and gilt titling to red label on spine, elaborate gilt decoration to spine and board edges, endpapers and all edges marbled, Frontispiece and two further plates..... More
An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Illustrations in Colour by G.F. Nicholls.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. FINELY BOUND. Octavo. Text flanked within a pictorial background drawn in green; half-page colour illustrations tipped-in within a green decorative frame, legend printed in brown to foot of pages. A superb presentation of what is probably Gray's greatest masterpiece, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe..... More
The Complaisant Lover. A Play.
London: Heinemann. 1959. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.77. Publisher's blue cloth in pale green printed dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. A fine, unread copy in similar jacket with some accidental rubbing to the edges of the front panel. A bright example of this Graham Greene comedy, the third..... More
The Complaisant Lover. A Play.
London: Heinemann. 1959. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.77. Publisher's blue cloth in pale green printed dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. In a very good, lightly toned and spotted jacket. Near Fine. A bright example of this Graham Greene comedy, the third of eight plays from this most gifted..... More
Public School Verse. An Anthology. Volume III, 1921-1922.
London: William Heinemann, 1923. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.52. With a contemporary review from the Times Literary Supplement pasted to the front pastedown. Publisher's pink paper-covered boards with black titles to spine and upper. Light occasional spotting, with some offsetting to flyleaf. Textblock a little shaken, some..... More
Oxford Poetry 1924.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1924. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 52. Soft cover, bound in dark blue card. White paper title squares to spine and front. Housed in a custom made navy blue cloth chemise case. Spine slightly sunned, small nick to the foot of the spine, covers at the bottom folded..... More
Select Poems, on several occassions by the Right Hon. Earl of Harrington, to which are added, the Duke of Argyll's Levee, and some ballads, by the late Lord Binning.
London: Privately printed, 1824. Octavo. Original grey boards, respined with pale grey cloth, with a label to spine, all edges uncut. Paper boards are rubbed, with a small portion of the top corner of the front board missing. Includes an ownership label pasted in to free front end paper. Internally..... More
The Pageant 1896. With contributions from Swinburne, Yeats, Verlaine, Bridges, Beerbohm, Lucien Pissarro, Laurence Housman, Millais, Burne-Jones, etc.
London: Henry and Co., 1896. Limited Edition. Quarto. Bound in brown cloth, with six motifs of doves bearing olive branches in gilt to front and rear boards, gilt titles to spine, all edges uncut. Limited to 150 copies, this is number 64. Corners slightly rubbed. Plates are sharp, and text..... More
Aeneid Book VI.
London: Faber and Faber, 2016. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.ix; [1]; 53; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket designed by Faber featuring a motif by John Ruskin, with printed price of £14.99. Fine. Heaney's translation of book VI of Virgil's Aeneid, published posthumously..... More
Death of a Naturalist.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.57; [1] blank. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Contents and binding very lightly marked. Jacket with a little rubbing/soiling and a few marks to rear, slightly sunned to spine, price clipped. Better..... More
The Poetical Works.
London: Frederick Warne and co., [c. 1850s-1891]. Octavo. Bound by Parkins and Gotto in full blue morocco, blind ruling to boards, raised bands and titles in gilt to spine; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, gilt decoration to board edges. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, and several steel engraved..... More
The Poetical Works of George Herbert.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1876. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6]; clxxix; [1]; 403; [3]. Frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary red full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, gilt decoration to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Black ink ownership inscription to verso of..... More
The legend of Croquemitaine, and the Chivalric Times of Charlemagne. Freely translated from the French of L'Epine. Illustrated by Gustave Doré.
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869. Second UK Edition. Folio, pp.viii, 259; [1], blank; [4], advertisments. Illustrated with 177 designs on wood by Dore. Bound in recent half red morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to spine, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Light foxing within, externally fine. A handsome..... More
The Phantom Host, and Other Verses.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1917. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Small octavo, 165mmx133mm, pp.47. Bound in publisher's blue paper wraps, with advertisements to inner flaps and rear of book. Titled in black ink with bookshop motif to upper. In excellent condition, with negligible spotting to the first and final leaves only. Wraps a...... More
Fine Clothes to the Jew.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. [Folk Music/Lyrics/Verse] Third Printing INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.90; [4]. Publisher's purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper, illustrated dust-wrapper. With presentation note to flyleaf; "For Mrs Holmes- | these songs | and poems - | Sincerely..... More
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More
Birthday Letters.
London: Faber and Faber, 1998. [Poetry] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First edition, second impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.ix; [1]; 198. Publisher's light blue paper covered boards, titles in cream to spine, dust-jacket featuring a painting by Frieda Hughes with printed price of £14.99. Signed by the author to the..... More
Moortown Diary.
London: Faber and Faber. 1989. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Octavo, pp. 68. Soft cover in red card covers with mesmeric 'ff' repeated motif. Some pen notations and corrections throughout as to be expected, otherwise a fine copy. More
Sunstruck.
Knotting: The Sceptre Press, 1977. [Poetry]. LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto pamphlet (16 x 15cm), pp.[8]. Number 121 of just 300 copies printed by Christopher Skelton in 'Monotype' Baskerville on Glastonbury Laid paper. Publisher's tan card covers with red titles, stapled to spine. A fine copy. More
Oxford Poetry 1916.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1916. FIRST PRINTING. Slim octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.60. Original blue card wraps, paper labels to spine and upper. Internally clean. Spine label a little browned, minor wear, neat owner name. Very Good. More
The Pillars of Society, and Other Plays.
London: Walter Scott, 1888. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Crown Octavo, pp.xxxii, 315 [5]. In publisher's green cloth with cream paper title label to spine. All edges untrimmed. Black ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper. Blackwell's bookseller label to front pastedown. Cloth and label heavily soiled. Some loss to label; spine..... More
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Et Dukkehjem [A Doll's House].
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel and Søn), 1879. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18cm x 12cm), pp.[2]; 180; [2]. Publisher's green cloth decorated in black and gilt. Coated white endpapers, all edges gilt. Pencil name to half-title, light wear to hinges which are nearly always split, minor rubbing to..... More
Hedda Gabler.
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1890. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[4]; 236. In a contemporary binding of red half morocco over black textured boards, gilt titles and tooling to spine. Internally nice and clean with only very slight paper toning, binding slight rubbed to boards and extremities, a very good copy in..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842-1847. [Strange tales and folklore] FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS, volume I a third edition, volumes II and III first editions. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 339 [1]; pp.x; 288; pp.viii; 364. With a total of 18 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume..... More