" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Poetry & Drama
At Half-Past Eight: Essays of the Theatre 1921-1922.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1923. [Literary Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.238 [2]. Publisher's navy quarter cloth, with a printed paper title label to spine, and checkered paper over boards. Top edge green; others untrimmed. Tobacco-scented, with some offsetting to endpapers. Moderate wear to boards, and some toning to..... More
First Nights.
London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1934. [Theatre Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.311 [1]. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to navy backing on spine. With the plain dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Black ink gift inscription to flyleaf, dated 1940. Light spotting to edges and endpapers. Light rubbing..... More
Malcolm.
London: Jonathan Cape with Secker and Warburg, 1967. [Drama] UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. [12]; 138; [2]. Publisher's neon yellow cloth lettered in silver to spine, tinted black top-edge of textblock, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 21s to front flap. Some bumping to spine, wear to..... More
Tea and Sympathy. A Drama in Three Acts.
London: Heinemann, 1957. [American Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.159 [1]. With a frontispiece photograph of a scene from the 1956 film starring Deborah and John Kerr. Publisher's light green cloth with white titles to spine. With the pink and blue typographic dust-jacket designed by Leslie Needham..... More
The Rocky Horror Show: Mask of Columbia.
Los Angeles: Michael White Productions, n.d. [1974]. EPHEMERA FROM ROCKY HORROR SHOW U.S. OPENING. Card cut out mask of Columbia, approximately 26cm x 19cm with removable eyes and mouth, printed with production notes printed on the rear. Produced as a promotional item for the U.S. opening at the Roxy Theatre..... More
The Song of Songs.
London: Collins, 1973. [Erotica] FIRST THUS. Small quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.[6] 16 [34]. With frequent line drawings by Erni. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £2.95. A fine copy with just a hint of light handling..... 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
Dinner with the Family.
London: Methuen & Co., 1958. [French Drama] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.98 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to cloth. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Harry More-Gordon, priced at 10/6. A lovely crisp copy, with some toning and chipping to jacket spine. Near fine. An..... More
The Macropulos Secret. A Comedy.
London: Robert Holden and co., 1927. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 211 [1]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with pictorial orange paper over boards. Paper label with titles to spine. Infrequent foxing, mostly to preliminaries. Toning to endpapers. Foxing and toning to edges, especially top. Gentle wear..... More
Kid.
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Ocatvo (20 x 13cm), pp. VII; [1]; 88. Soft cover with Faber and Faber patterning in orange and yellow and small illustrated boys. Toning to edges of textblock, bumping to corners and spine. Very good. This is Armitage's second poetry collection..... More
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold.
London: Macmillan, 1913. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 510. Riviere binding of contemporary brown half morocco over purple cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt title and extra gilt to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Presentation note to "Miss D.M. Lapage", the commandant of the Kent 142..... More
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND, a later printing thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 510 [2]. With a frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary green full crushed morocco by SPOTTISWOODE & CO., with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. All edges, gilt-ruled turn-ins, and machine-marbled endpapers..... More
Academic Graffiti.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. [Illustrated Clerihews] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), unpaginated. 60 poems with an illustration by Sanjust to each facing leaf. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Sanjust, priced at £2.00. Light handling; a fine copy. More
About the House.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, with the errata slip at p.7. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.94 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green and pink dust-jacket, priced at 15s. South African bookseller's ticket to pastedown. The lightest of offsetting to endpapers. Spine..... 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
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later edition. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[12]; 268. With frequent wood engraved vignettes by the Patons. Contemporary green full morocco by R. and A. SUTTABY of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt..... More
George Barker: Collected Poems.
London: faber and faber, 1987. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxii; 838 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'For James | from | George Barker | 87.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the monogrammed dust-jacket, priced at £27.50. Heavily..... More
In The Potter's Field. and Other New Poems.
London: John Murray, 1936. [Poetry] PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH LETTER. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 98; [12]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, embossed ruling to front board with gilt titling, dust-jacket with printed price 5s to flap. Letter attached to front endpaper from Gorell to George..... More
Poems of Rural Life. In Common English.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. [Bucolic Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.xii; 200 [52]. Catalogue dated January 1868. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Brown-coated endpapers. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Spine toned, with moderate wear to cloth, and a few marks. Very good... More
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[Scrapbook].
[Privately produced]. 1892- circa 1903. LATE VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[16]; 1-2; 9-68. With three leaves removed near the beginning, and two from the back. Containing a great panoply of decorative monograms, crests and printed signatures and addresses belonging to the English gentry, cut from letters or..... More
Keeping On Keeping On.
London: Faber and Faber, 2016. [Diaries] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 721 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with white titles blocked to spine, and patterned endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25. A fine, unread copy. More
The Lady with a Lamp.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1929. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.136. Publisher's black cloth with red paper title label to spine. With the plain dust-jacket, priced at 3/6 for paper, or 5s for cloth. A small blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Quite heavy spotting and offsetting to endpapers..... More
Love and Fame.
London: Faber & Faber, 1972. [American Poetry] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.96. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at £1.40. Very slight toning to jacket spine, with some light rubbing and a few small closed tears to edges. Near fine..... 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
Summoned By Bells. With Drawings by Michael Tree.
London: John Murray, 1960. [Verse Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[8] 111 [1]. With engraved head-pieces by Tree. Publisher's blind stamped green cloth with gilt titles to spine and decorative endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket printed in red and black, priced at 16s. Blue ink ownership to verso..... More