Poetry & Drama
Austin Dobson: An Anthology of Prose & Verse.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1922. [Miscellany] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] xxii; 174 [6]. With a half-tone photographic portrait of the author, and a facsimile reproduction of his bookplate. Contemporary blue half morocco by RAMAGE of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Edited and revised by Robert W. Lowe. With Fifty Copper Plate Portraits and Eighty Wood Engravings.
The Strand, London: John C. Nimmo, Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1888. [Theatre] FINELY BOUND. Three volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 13cm). Frontispiece and illustrated throughout. Handsomely bound in full blue morocco, richly gilt-decorated spines, boards panelled and triple ruled in gilt at edges, inner gilt dentelles gilt, all..... More
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 Poetical Works of John Dryden. With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan.
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1855. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 314 [2]; pp.[2] xxiv; 344 [2]. Reasonably-sized print on good paper. Very fine contemporary red full morocco by J. WRIGHT, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and very fine..... More
The Poetical Works of John Dryden.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. [Poetry] FINE LEATHER BINDING. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xlii; 1054. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Dryden and a title-page photographic illustration of Trinity College, Cambridge. Red full morocco over boards, gilt ruling and embellishment to upper and lower. Gilt titles, further..... More
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 Poetical Works of John Dryden; Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations.
London: Edward Moxon, 1851. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; lx; 445 [1]. With a steel-engraved frontispiece and title-page vignette. Navy full morocco, gilt-tooling to boards and spine. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt dentelles to turn-ins. All edges gilt. Cream endpapers. Original bookmarking..... More
The Years Between. A Play in Two Acts.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.76. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 3/6 to spine. Wearing to gilt to spine, sunning to dust-jacket. Near fine. 'The Years Between' is one of two plays that Daphne Du..... More
Bending the Bow.
New York, NY: New Directions, 1968. [American Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] x; 137 [5]. Publisher's yellow cloth with green titles to spine, and a paper label to upper stating 'Sold as a Paper Edition.' Mid green endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. Toning and spotting to edges..... More
Collected Poems.
London: Heinemann/Quixote Press, 1981. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiii; [1]; 360. Publisher's deep pink cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £10.00 to front flap. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half title page. Errata slip loosely inserted, photographic..... More
Plays of Near and Far.
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. [Drama] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 150; [4]. Publisher's caramel cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Machine-marbled endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Previous owner's inscription in black ink to flyleaf verso, toning to edges of textblock, toning to..... 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
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
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
Edward Thomas: A Biography and a Bibliography.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1937. [Literary Biography / Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 328. With 10 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to maroon backing on spine. Top edge green. A few spots, and a tear to..... 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 Cultivation of Christmas Trees. An Ariel Poem.
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.[4]. With a lightly coloured illustration by Jones. Publisher's blue typographic paper covers, sewn. A lovely crisp copy, with just a touch of toning to spine. Near fine. GALLUP, Donald, 'T.S. Eliot: A Bibliography' (London 1969), A66..... 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
Growltiger's Last Stand, with The Pekes and the Pollicles, and The Song of the Jellicles.
London: Faber and Faber, 1986. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST LE CAIN-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Oblong octavo (19 x 27cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated throughout in colour by Le Cain, with grey endpapers. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at £5.95. A fine, as-new copy. Three poems from Eliot's classic collection 'Old..... More
Mr Mistoffelees with Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer.
London: faber and faber, 1990. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST LE CAIN-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Oblong octavo (19 x 27cm), pp.[28]. Illustrated throughout in colour by Le Cain. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at £7.99. A fine, as-new copy. Two poems from Eliot's classic collection 'Old Possum's Book of..... More
Burnt Norton.
London: Faber and Faber, March 1941. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. Slim octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.15 [1]. Publisher's cyan card wraps, titled to upper and stapled twice. Internally crisp and clean. Wear to extremities; spine toned and starting to head and tail. Very good. The second poem in Eliot's..... More
The Cocktail Party. A Comedy.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1950. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.71; [5], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers titled in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. A little dusty with some spotting to preliminaries and edges, else near fine, in a very good wrapper, chipped at crown..... 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, very good. T.S. Eliot's penultimate..... More
The Elder Statesman. A Play.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. [Drama] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 134. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge tinted red, with the typographic dust-jacket priced at $3.75. Minor toning to top edge, else internally clean and crisp. Slight dulling to..... More