Books - "poetry"
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A Little More Nonsense
8vo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Cayme Press 1923
KEYWORDS: poetry verse poems limerick humour humor Cayme Press nonsense
Shabby Epiphanies
8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2005
KEYWORDS: S J Grady poems poetry poet New Zealand
Winter Sunshine and Other Verses
8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Orphans' Printing Press n/d
KEYWORDS: Agnes Fry poetry poems poet verse
Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime
12mo, pp. xxiv + 294 + [10 (advts)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; arabesque border in blind & wreath ornment enclosing title in gilt to front board; teg; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscripton in black ink to front pastedown; heavy cracking to front hinge, light to moderate cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1895
KEYWORDS: 19th century sport game songs poetry poems verse ballad pastime fishing hunting
By Sea Mouths Speaking: Collected Poems 1973-2018 and related prose
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. x + 784; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges; spine lightly cocked); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; heay creasing & curling to front flap
PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Company 2019
KEYWORDS: Denys Trussell 20th 21st century poetry poems verse New Zealand literature
The Problem of Verse Language
Super 8vo, pp. 170; brown buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate soiling to pg edges; minor tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Ardis 1981
KEYWORDS: poetry poems poet verse language literary criticism Russia Russian literature
More Dark than Shark
Imp. 8vo, pp. 144; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1986
KEYWORDS: 20th century art artist commentary design arts poetry poems
The Visionary
SIGNED BY JOHN DENNY & ARTISTS ELIZABETH SERJEANT & JOHN TAYLOR. NO. 17/50 COPIES. Fol. pp., [48] unpaginated; cream cl bds, spine lettered in red; fore & bottom edge deckled, illus.; VG (light to moderate foxing, scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate foxing). Won the BNZ Art Award.
PUBLISHER: n/p
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists works poetry poems poets BNZ Art Award book arts design
Late Harvest: Memories, Letters and Poems
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with light fading/tanning also, minor soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chameleon Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiographical Ellen S Bosanquet letters correspondence poems poetry verse literature
Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism
The Secret History
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. 113; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Arc Publications 2009
KEYWORDS: Michael Hulse 21st century poetry poems poet modern first edition
John Keats: A New Life
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 446; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, maps, illlus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: John Keats 19th century life lives biography poet poetry romantic social history England London
Collected Poems
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY EDITOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. [20] + 346; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2006
KEYWORDS: Michael Longley 20th 21st century poet poetry collected poems
Counting the Beats: Robert Graves' Poetry of Unrest
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xv + 273; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light scuffing, rubbing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Rodopi 2012
KEYWORDS: Anne Mounic Robert Graves literary criticism poetic poetry poems prosody versification image religion religious symbol emotion experience
The Collected Poems of Victor Plarr
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. 8vo, pp. xvii + 172; maroon cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate fading to back).
PUBLISHER: Eric & Joan Stevens 1974
KEYWORDS: Victor Plarr 20th century poet poetry collected poems
Sweeping the Courtyard: The selected poems of Michael Harlow
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. [8] + 174; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Michael Harlow New Zealand poet poetry selected poems
Kat Among the Tigers
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xii + 81; illus. light card covers; illus. tp, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The University of Alberta Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Kath MacLean 21st century poetry poems poet
Gentle Enchanter
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Sm 8vo, pp. 79; red heavy card covers, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1960
KEYWORDS: Theophile Gautier 20th century poet poems poetry
Orchestra or a Poem of Dancing
Provenance attributed to John Mansfield Thomson. Sm 8vo, pp. 55; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; book plate to front pastedown; moderate cracking to central gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1947
KEYWORDS: Sir John Davies 20th century poet poetry poems
Selected Poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845-1907): A Victorian Craftsman Rediscovered
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. [12] + v + 208 + [6 (advts)]; yellow illus. cl bds, spine lettered in blue; frontis.; VG (moderate scuffing, foxing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The Edwin Mellen Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Eugene Lee-Hamilton 19th century poet poetry poems MacDonald P Jackson Victorian