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— Franz Kafka
Poetry & Drama
The Poetical Works of John Dryden; containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations; with notes by the Rev. Joseph Warton, D.D.; the Rev. John Warton, M.A.; and Others.
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xii; lx; 445 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. Very small print in two columns. Contemporary red full morocco by WISEMAN, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt crest of..... More
The Ikons, and Other Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp. 48. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow and blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 13/6. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Jacket a little rubbed to edges, and gently toned to spine. Near fine... More
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A Persian Lady [Broadside Poem].
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, no date [1963]. [Broadside Poem] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, a trial proof. A single sheet of Saunders paper (37 x 23cm), printed by Alan Anderson (1922-2016) by hand on his Crown Folio Arab Press. Apparently separate from the six copies officially printed, as per hand-written note to..... More
The Tree of Idleness, and other poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Some offsetting to endpapers. Jacket a little toned to spine, with some rubbing and a couple of small closed tears. Near..... More
Vega, and Other Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.54 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at £1.40. Some light handling; a lovely fine copy. 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
Ved Vejs Ende. The Elder Statesman.
Herning: Poul Kristensen, 1965. [Drama in Translation] INSCRIBED FIRST DANISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.114 [6]. All text in Danish. INSCRIBED by the translator in black ink to the first blank, dated October 1965, with a longer message written onto the back of a business card. Publisher's grey soft..... 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 Confidential Clerk. A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1954. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.136. First issue of the text. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers titled in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper. Gift note to flyleaf, jacket a little toned to the spine, price clipped. An attractive copy. T.S. Eliot's penultimate verse play..... More
The Confidential Clerk. A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1964. [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. Slightly toned to spine else a lovely fine copy. T.S. Eliot's penultimate verse play..... 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
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: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Gently toned throughout, as usual. Neat ownership to flyleaf, bookseller's labels to rear endpapers. Gilt a little rubbed..... More
The Vegetable. Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Comedy Drama] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 145 [5]. Recently bound in green full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, and..... 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
Thor, With Angels.
Canterbury: H.J. Goulden, 1948. [Christian Drama] ACTING EDITION. Octavo booklet (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 47 [3]. Publisher's pale peach soft covers titled in red and stapled twice. A crisp copy, with just a little discolouration to covers. Near fine. A play written for the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury..... 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
The Plays of John Galsworthy.
London: Duckworth, 1929. [Drama] FINE PRIZE BINDING, second printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 1149 [5]. Printed on india paper. Contemporary tree calf by BICKERS & SON of London for Sherborne School, with raised bands, gilt titles to maroon label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Gilt school medal and..... More
Plays: The Silver Box; Joy; Strife.
London: Duckworth and Co., 1909. [Drama] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, second printing. Octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.[8] 89 [1]; 94; 110 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Spine heavily browned, with..... 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
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
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