"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Poetry & Drama
The Zoo Story and Other Plays.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [American Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.142 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Top edge yellow. With the dust-jacket designed by Germano Facetti, priced at 18s. A lovely fine copy. The author's first book, featuring ''The Death of Bessie Smith,'..... More
Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Verse. Inclusive Edition 1881-1922.
[Printed for Private Circulation], no date [1923]. [Poetry] UNAUTHORISED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 185; [13]. Number 9 of 12 (alleged) copies "printed solely for presentation", signed by the printer John M. Stitt in blue ink. With the loose 'Job's Wife' leaf, as called for by Richards, as well..... More
The Poetical Works of John Keats.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxix; [1];477; [1]. Bound by Bayntun in mid-blue full calf, gilt titles on red leather square and gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Internally fine, some quite heavy rubbing to the bottom corners. Very good..... More
The Shepherd's Calendar.
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. [Bucolic Poetry] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[2] xiv; 139 [1]. With an engraved head-piece for each month by Gentleman. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and light brown endpapers. With the yellow dust-jacket also illustrated by Gentleman, priced at 21s. Blue..... More
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co., 1903. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 215 [41]. Catalogue dated July 1903; with the misprint 'David' for 'Saul' on p.56. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Cyril Hamilton Aitken to front..... More
A Song Of The English.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Illustrated Poetry] ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.123 [1]. With 16 mounted colour plates by Heath Robinson, including a frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, as well as numerous in-text wood engravings. Publisher's dark blue cloth pictorially blocked in lime green..... More
Tiresias, and Other Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.viii; 204. The second issue, with the printer's name to the final page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. Spotting to endpapers and facing leaves. 'Presentation Copy' stamped in purple ink..... More
Gareth and Lynette. etc.
London: Strahan & Co., 1872. [Arthurian Legend] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[6] 136 [10]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Yellow-coated endpapers. A lovely clean copy, partially unopened, with some rubbing to spine. Near fine. Begun in 1859, Tennyson's classic exploration of the legend of King..... More
Poetry. No.2
London: Poetry, April 1939. [Poetry Periodical] ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[32]. With occasional small illustrations. Publisher's soft covers titled in red and black, stapled twice and priced at 1s. Covers toned with some light handling. Near fine. More
Robert Frost: Lectures on the Centennial of his Birth. "In- and Outdoor Schooling" Robert Frost and the Classics; "Towards the Source" The Self-Realisation of Robert Frost, 1911-1912; Robert Frost's "Enigmatical Reserve" the Poet as Teacher and Preacher; "Inner Weather" Robert Frost as a Metaphysical Poet.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1974. [Literary Lectures] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 74. Publisher's green soft covers, stapled twice. Blue ink ownership to front cover, and blue ink doodle and notes to p.46, p.50, and p.65. Moderate wear to covers, with some marks to rear. Good... More
The Monthly Chapbook: Twenty-Three New Poems by Contemporary Poets. Number One, Volume One.
London: The Poetry Bookshop, July 1919. [Poetry Periodical] ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.iv; 32; v-viii. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, sewn, and priced at 1s. Original subscription form bound in at rear. Covers and contents page toned, with a crease to front cover, and some rubbing and chipping to..... More
Amontarista Plana.
Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2014. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, with love' to half-title. Publisher's orange soft covers. Light rubbing to spine. Near fine. The author's second poetry collection. More
![I Piso Pleura tou Kathrephti. [The Rear Side of the Mirror]. Roula GRIGORIADOU-CHATZIMINA, born 1946](/pictures/thumb/55975.jpg?v=1612373704)
I Piso Pleura tou Kathrephti. [The Rear Side of the Mirror].
Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2012. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.56. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, from the heart' to half-title. Publisher's grey soft covers. Rubbing to spine and a couple of bumps. Very good. The author's first published..... More
![Enos Leptou Mazi [One Minute's Together]. Kiki DIMOULA](/pictures/thumb/55974.jpg?v=1612373703)
Enos Leptou Mazi [One Minute's Together].
Athens: Ikaros Publishing, January 1999. [Greek Poetry] THIRD PRINTING. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.66 [6]. All text in Greek. Heavily inscribed with notes in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's red soft covers. Light rubbing to covers; near fine. A collection of poetry first published in September 1998. More
![A Persian Lady [Broadside Poem]. Lawrence DURRELL, 1912–1990](/pictures/thumb/58973.jpg?v=1612373707)
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
Behold the Jew. The Greenwood Prize Poem for 1943.
London: The Poetry Society, 1943. [Poetry] FIRST SEPARATE UK EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.20. Publisher's typographic yellow paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at 1s. Lightly toned throughout, with a browned chipped patch to top edge. Moderate wear and toning to covers, with a few small creases and..... More
Making, Knowing and Judging. An Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 11 June 1956.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1956. [Literary Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (23 x 15cm), pp.33 [3]. Publisher's plain typographic paper covers, sewn. Sewing broken; covers detached. Quite heavy wear, and a crease, to covers. Good. More
Chaos and Control in Poetry. A Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress, October 11, 1965.
Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1966. [Literary Lecture] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[2] 14. Publisher's black and white soft covers, stapled twice. Very slight handling. A fine copy, almost as-new. More
Poems in the Porch.
London: S.P.C.K., 1957. [Poetry] ILLUSTRATED EDITION, a later printing. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[28]. With in-text illustrations by Piper. Publisher's soft covers titled in blue and red, stapled twice and priced at 2s. Blue ink gift inscription to half-title. Covers toned with some light handling. Very good. Some blank verse..... More
Bag One.
Amsterdam: Galerie Taveerne p.96 and Galerie Podulke N.V., no date [1970]. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST THUS. Square octavo booklet (15 x 17cm), pp.[28]. Fourteen lithographic images, with selections from Lennon's verse alphabet facing the plates. Publisher's glossy card covers with a black and white photographic image to the front, stapled twice..... More
Birmingham Electrical and Industrial Exhibition, (International) 1889, Programme of Concerts Given in Bingley Hall, On Thursday, August 1st, 1889, at the Opening of the Exhibition by Lady Randolph Churchill. Artistes — Miss Constance Bellamy and Mr. J. W. Turner. Gilmer's Military Band.
Birmingham: printed by J. Upton for the venue, 1889. [Concert Programme] ORIGINAL SILK PROGRAMME. Octavo bi-fold, printed on all sides (22 x 15cm). Cream silk printed in dark blue. Heavy fraying to edges, especially fore-edge, with one large brown mark to the front cover, as well as a few much..... More
Atomic Adam.
London: Fulham Gallery Ltd., 1967. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio (34 x 24cm), one sheet of green paper folded twice, in a grey card jacket, with titles to both. Printed in purple and silver. Folds out to broadly A2 size, with the poem printed again in a larger decorative format..... More
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1899. [Poetical Works] FINE PRIZE BINDING, an india paper edition. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xvi; 748; pp.viii; 786 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author to each volume. Small print in two columns. Finely bound for Harrow School..... More
The Poems of Lascelles Abercrombie.
London: Oxford University Press, 1930. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 550 [2]. With a photogravure frontispiece of the author, SIGNED by him in black ink to lower margin. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Spine toned..... More
Poems of Robert Browning. Containing Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Men and Women, Dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Sordello, and Dramatis Personae. Oxford Edition.
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. [Poetical Works] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 696 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. Contemporary burgundy full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to black label on spine, elaborated gilt decoration to spine, and the crest of..... More