Books - "poetry"
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A Wintering Tree/The World I See/More Than Time/The Scale of Things
4 vols.inscribed by author w.signed handwritten letter
4 vols.first editions all inscribed by author w.handwritten letter to inscribee VG+ (all books similar condition w.sl.foxing to prelims.,author's warm inscr.to ffep all vols.,double-sided handwritten letter from author to inscribee loosely inserted) in VG+ d/ws (all sl.soiled w.sl.chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1955/1960/1970/1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry patric dickinson signed
THE STRUCTURE OF HORACE'S ODES
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 160pp, NF (v sl edge wear) in VG+ d/w (v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, London, 1961
KEYWORDS: horace odes poetry classics n e collinge
THE POET'S CIRCUITS
Collected poems of Ireland
First edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 152pp, VG (vsl edge wear) in VG d/w (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, London, 1960
KEYWORDS: padraic colum poetry verse ireland
Epigrams of Eve
[first edition] 82pp+1p ads.ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.by ruby lind] VG (purple cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: gay and hancock london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition poetry sophie irene loeb
POEMS
First edition thus, ex lib, minimal markings, 220pp, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed) d/w VG- (sl creases wear & tear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1932
KEYWORDS: modern first edition padraic colum poetry verse
Collected Poems
first edition 160pp [frontis.portrait] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled,te blue)
PUBLISHER: fifield london 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry william h.davies
Friendship's Offering
and winter's wreath
rebind 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in embossed burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled w.chipping to extrems.,new eps,sl.soiling to contents,aeg rubbed)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1834
KEYWORDS: history poetry literature
The Works of Lord Byron
17 vols.
first edition thus in full leather [ill.title and frontis.to each vol.] VG (blue full leather w.blind dec.stamps and borders,gilt-on-red title label to spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,spines mod.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.incl.spines,all title labels present,owner's pencil notes to ffep of vol.1 only,prelims.sl.foxed on all vols.,contents clean and tight,marbled edges)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1833
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature lord byron thomas moore poetry
The Eye of the Hurricane
first edition 46pp VG+ (pink cloth boards, minor bumps to extrems.end pages and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry fleur adcock new zealnd
Ladders of Rain
first edition 63pp octavo illus light card covers VG (tanning to spine, light soiling and foxing to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: mcindoe dunedin 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand brian turner
River City
first edition unpaginted VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: worthington hamilton 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand john worthington
Who Killed Cock Robin?
first edition 32pp VG- (paper wrappers over card boards attached at spine,rubbed and soiled and foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to inside front cover,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: daniel london 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature osbert sitwell poetry
Lyrics of Love
of hearth and home & field and garden
first edition 200pp [headpiece to each page] VG+ (green cloth w.black/white dec.ill.mounted on top board,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.darkened,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,teg,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: revell new york 1901
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry margaret sangster
The Book of Ballads
eighteenth edition 302pp+32pp publ.cat.ills.[b/w w.ruled/ill.margins] VG (blue cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,bevelled edges,sl.wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to frontis.verso,owner's stamp to title page,some v.minor soiling to contents,aeg)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1909
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ballads bon gaultier
Desires
a poem of main things
first edition 23pp [printed on recto only] VG+ (blue paper boards,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and untrimmed edges sl.soiled,some signatures unopened) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled w.upper area of front cover browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)
PUBLISHER: elkin mathews london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john doe victor sampson
Leda's Daughter
first edition signed by illustrator and printer unpaginated ills.[by vanya lowry] NF (in wrappers,sl.creasing to extrems.,contents unopened at upper edges)
PUBLISHER: griffin press auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition poetry helen shaw vanya lowry
Poetry
the quarterly of australasian verse number 14
#14 march 1945 19pp+ads. VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: economy press adelaide 1945
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry flexmore hudson
Waving at Trains
first edition 62pp VG+ in glossy light card covers
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roger mcgough
Selected Poems
first edition thus unpaginated VG (in paper wrappers,mod.foxed covers,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in G+ d/w (rubbed and foxed,uneven sunning,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears)
PUBLISHER: trigram press london 1975
KEYWORDS: poetry modern first edition literature tristan tzara dada
A Brief Memoir of Christina G.Rossetti
ex-lib.facsimile reprint in libr.rebind 85pp [b/w frontis.] NF (burgundy cloth,usual libr.stamps)
PUBLISHER: [np,facsimile reprint of 1895 s.p.c.k.edition]
KEYWORDS: biography literature poetry christina rossetti ellen proctor