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By: N/A
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London. 1796:
Seller ID: 70871
Size 5.75 x 9.5 inches. Re-bound in grey hard card covers with gilt to maroon morocco title label on leather spine. New endpapers. In very good condition. Small marks to front. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 544pp. With illustrated main title page. Anthology of ‘improving’ verse, for young people, from the end of the 18th century. Includes works by, Dryden, Johnson, Gay, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and many others. View more info
By: (CRABBE):
Price: £250.00
Publisher: John Murray. 1851:
Seller ID: 61650
8 vols.; 8vo. In light brown full calf leather binding with gilt to spine and tan and green morocco title labels. Raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spines slightly faded and rubbed. Light scratches and small marks to covers. Owner’s bookplate to front endpaper. A couple have small pencil marks in margins. There are a couple of contemporary inserts loose at front . Else very clean and tight copies. Eight volumes. With b/w engraved fr... View more info
Price: £65.00
Publisher: London & Glasgow, Blackie & Son. n.d ca 1938:
Seller ID: 77303
Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. In dark grey cloth with dark green lettering and blue design to front board. In very good condition. Corners, edges and ends of spine rubbed, rubbing to boards. Slight darkening to endpapers with inscription to front “Sylvia M. Gee 9/2/38.” Some small spots to outer page edges, slight darkening to top of title page. Colour plates clean and bright. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 256pp. 8 Colour plates and 14 full-p... View more info
By: (PEPYS) RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE:
Price: £225.00
Publisher: London, Henry Colburn, 1828 2nd:
Seller ID: 78908
5 vols. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In full tree calf leather bindings, with green and light brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt (light brown label has circular white leather inset with numbering,) raised banding and extensive gilt decoration to spines, gilt decorations around board edges. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good conditions. Beautiful bright clean boards. Slight fading to top of front board on vol.4. Spines a little rubbed and darkened. Hin... View more info
By: ALCOCK, FRANK:
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Piscean Press. Portland, Dorset. 2000 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 65771
5.5” x 8.5”. In illustrated limp card covers with red lettering to spine and front. In near fine condition. Author’s dedicatory inscription to title page. A very clean and tight copy. 80pp. 79 poems from Frank Alcock. View more info
Price: £28.00
Publisher: London. The Egoist Ltd. n.d ca 1925:
Seller ID: 58227
Sm 8vo. In brown hard card covers with green cloth spine. Paper title labels to spine and front. In very good condition. In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened and covers slightly marked. Owners’ nameplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 60pp. “These poems are taken from “Images” (published around 1915 and now out of print), and the various Imagist anthologies which are also being allowed to lapse. I have rescued one ... View more info
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London. George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1947 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 73995
Size 5.5 x 8.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 87pp. With portrait frontis. Poems in four Movements. View more info
Price: £60.00
Publisher: Edinburgh / London. William Paterson / Southran, Baer & Co. 1872 Ltd Ed.:
Seller ID: 75903
8 x 5.5 inches. Brown cloth hardback with paper title label to spine. In very good condition. Corners bumped, cloth faded, spine darkened. Label rubbed. A couple of small minor marks to title and endpapers else pages clean and tight throughout. 383pp. Frontis portrait and illustrated title page. Decorative chapter headings. View more info
By: ARNOLD, MATTHEW:
Price: £150.00
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1888:
Seller ID: 72599
Size 5.0 x 7.5 inches. In brown morocco bindings with gilt to spines. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Spines slightly darkened. Small marks and handling marks. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Vol I has marks to first blank page. Else a clean and tight set. Three volumes. Poems by Matthew Arnold. View more info
By: ARNOLD, MATTHEW:
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1908:
Seller ID: 81034
Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In very attractive full tree calf fine leather binding by “Bickers & Son.,” with gilt lettering to maroon leather spine label, decorative gilt paneled boards, vignette to both boards “Collegium Sancti Petri Radleiense, AD.MD.CCC.XLVII” and extensive gilt decorations and raised banding to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good near fine condition. Boards are slightly curved outward at leading edges. No p... View more info
By: AUDEN, W.H. / ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER:
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited. 1939 2nd imp.:
Seller ID: 73983
Size 6.0 x 9.0 inches. In maroon cloth boards with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Handling marks. Not price clipped). Small marks to boards. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1943. 123pp. Play in three acts by W.H.Auden and Christopher Isherwood. View more info
By: AUSTEN, JANE:
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1951:
Seller ID: 78869
Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top red edging. In paper dustwrapper with red lettering. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW darkened, some minor handling marks.) Cloth slightly rubbed at edges else clean and bright. Endpapers partially darkened, a couple of negligible spots else a very clean and tight copy. 444pp. With full-page B&W illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. View more info
By: AUSTEN, JANE:
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1933 repr:
Seller ID: 79456
Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Top edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW spine darkened, chip to edge of spine. Small chips to corners. In protective sleeve.) Corners slightly bumped & some slight rubbing to cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 444pp + cat. B&W Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. View more info
By: AUSTEN, Jane:
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London & New York, J. M. Dent & Sons, & E.P. Dutton & Co., no date ca1928:
Seller ID: 79794
Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. Light pale green cloth with red decorative design and lettering to front and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Top edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling to cloth, corners slightly bumped, small nick to rear bottom corner of spine. Endpapers slightly darkened. Some minor foxing to outer page edges else a clean and tight copy. 396pp. 15 coloured plates + a decorative title page by C. E. Brock. View more info
By: BAGEHOT, WALTER:
Price: £100.00
Publisher: The Economist. London. 1965-68 1st editions.:
Seller ID: 72744
Size 5.75 x 8.75 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; slightly rubbed at ends of spines. Small marks. Not price clipped). Vol III has small marks to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight set. Four volumes. With b/w portrait frontis to Vol I. The first four volumes of the Collected Works of the Victorian writer Walter Bagehot. These volumes have the Historical and Literary Essays. ... View more info
By: BARR, E.D.:
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd. 1966. 1st edition:
Seller ID: 66007
Size 5.0 x 7.25 inches. In green cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 80pp. Collection of poems on a rural theme. View more info
By: BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES; ISHERWOOD, C.; AUDEN, W. H.;
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1949 1st thus LTD Edition:
Seller ID: 77535
Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW minor rubbing to edges, spine a little faded and darkened, minor tears to corners, in protective sleeve.) Cloth clean. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 71pp. Illustrated with Six Collotype Plates and One Line Drawing. Plates with tissue guards. View more info
Price: £14.00
Publisher: Selectabook. Devizes. 2003:
Seller ID: 71211
Size 10.0 x 7.0 inches, oblong. In illustrated hard card covers with matching dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; front slightly faded. Price clipped).Small stain to bottom edge affecting some pages inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 125pp. Collection of poems by various authors on themes of English countryside and nature, illustrated by Gordon Beningfield. View more info
By: BENNETT, ALAN:
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Profile Books, 2001 1st Signed Copy.:
Seller ID: 80848
Small hardback, approx 6 x 4 inches. Red cloth with dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper: Dustwrap some minor rubbing to edges. Cloth clean and bright, inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Author’s signed sticker to front half-title page. 110pp. View more info
By: BENSON, Stella;
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1931 1st ltd ed:
Seller ID: 75609
10.5 x 6.5 ins. Half bound in white/cream cloth to spine and marbled paper covered boards. Gilt lettering and edging to cloth. top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners bumped and nicked at leading edges. Spine darkened with some minor rubbing. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Signed by author opposite half-title page. Pages rough cut else very clean and tight throughout. 152pp. View more info