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PALAMAS, KOSTES; selected & rendered into English by STEPHANIDES,THEODORE PH.; KATSIMBALIS, GEORGE C.
POEMS
LONDON: HAZELL WATSON & VINEY. G IN WRAPS. WRAPS SOILED & SCUFFED LIGHTLY EDGEWORN. Pages: 144. . 1925. TRADE PAPERBACK. SMALL TEARS ALONG SPINE. BRIEF NOTATION ON FRONT WRAP. TEXT BLOCK CLEAN BINDING INTACT. . HAZELL, WATSON & VINEY paperback
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KHAYYAM OMAR; Rendered into English verse by FITZGERALD EDWARD; WithIllustations by DULAC EDMUND
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
GARDEN CITY NY.: GARDEN CITY BOOKS. G/G- IN PICTORIAL BOARDS. DJ CLIPPED SMALL CHIPS & TEARS. Pages: 191. . 1952. HARDCOVER. GARDEN CITY BOOKS hardcover
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JACOBI, PROFESSOR; english adaptation by PRINGLE, J. J.
PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES - VOLUME III SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK: REBMAN COMPANY. G- IN BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING & PAGE EDGES. Pages: 70 PLATES. . 1906. HARDCOVER. LEATHER HEAVILY EDGEWORN & SCUFFED LARGE CHIP AT UPPER SPINE. SOME TEARING AT GUTTERS. EPS SOILED. P. O. STAMP FFEP. . REBMAN COMPANY hardcover
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JACOBI, PROFESSOR; english adaptation by PRINGLE, J. J.
PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES - VOLUME III SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK: REBMAN COMPANY. G IN BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING & PAGE EDGES. Pages: 70 PLATES. . 1906. HARDCOVER. LEATHER HEAVILY EDGEWORN & SCUFFED. LIGHT SOILING. TEXT BLOCK CLEAN BINDING INTACT. . REBMAN COMPANY hardcover
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JACOBI, PROFESSOR; english adaptation by PRINGLE, J. J.
PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES - VOLUME III SUPPLEMENT
NEW YORK: REBMAN COMPANY. G IN BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING & PAGE EDGES. Pages: 70 PLATES. . 1906. HARDCOVER. LEATHER HEAVILY EDGEWORN & SCUFFED SMALL CHIP AT UPPER SPINE. LIGHT SOILING. TEXT BLOCK CLEAN BINDING INTACT. . REBMAN COMPANY hardcover
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JACOBI, PROFESSOR; english adaptation by PRINGLE, J. J.
PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES - VOLUME I SECOND REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION
NEW YORK: REBMAN COMPANY. G IN BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING & PAGE EDGES. Pages: 82 PLATES. . 1905. HARDCOVER. LEATHER EDGEWORN & HEAVILY SCUFFED SMALL CHIPS AT LOWER SPINE. P. O. STAMP FFEP. LIGHT SOILING. TEXT BLOCK CLEAN INTACT. . REBMAN COMPANY hardcover
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JACOBI PROFESSOR; english adaptation by PRINGLE J. J.
PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES - VOLUME II SECOND REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION
NEW YORK: REBMAN COMPANY. G IN BLACK LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING & PAGE EDGES. Pages: 98 PLATES. . 1905. HARDCOVER. LEATHER HEAVILY EDGEWORN & SCUFFED. P. O. STAMP FFEP. LIGHT SOILING. SOME LOWER CORNERS BUMPED. TEXT BLOCK CLEAN INTACT. . REBMAN COMPANY hardcover
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VIRGIL; Translated into English Verse by RHOADES, JAMES;Editor-in-Chief - HUTCHINS, ROBERT MAYNARD;
THE POEMS OF VIRGIL - GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD VOLUME 13
CHICAGO: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. G- IN BLACK SPINE TAN CLOTH BOARDS. SOILED EDGEWEAR. MUSTY. Pages: 379. . 1952. HARDCOVER. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA hardcover
Bookseller reference : MASTER130597I
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KANNIK, PREBEN - Written and illustrated by; English edition edited byCARMAN, WILLIAM Y.
MILITARY UNIFORMS IN COLOR
NEW YORK: MACMILLAN COMPANY. VG/VG DJ LIGHTLY EDGEWORN. Pages: 278. . 1974. 4TH. HARDCOVER. MACMILLAN COMPANY hardcover
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Department of English Kent State University
A Guide to College English- Department of English Revised 3rd Edition
Pearson Custom Publishing Upper Saddle River NJ 2003. Revised 3rd Edition. Softcover. New . Book is New Custom for Kent State University. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0536728933. ISBN/EAN: 9780536728937. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560783039. . 9780536728937 Pearson Custom Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 1560783039 ISBN : 0536728933 9780536728937
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Miami University- Deprtment of English
Writing as Citizens of a Diverse World 3rd Edition
Hayden- McNeil Publishing Plymouth MI 2007. 3rd Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. very light shelf wear otherwise Near new clean text Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books for Writers; ISBN: 0738019895. ISBN/EAN: 9780738019895. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560769919. . 9780738019895 Hayden- McNeil Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 1560769919 ISBN : 0738019895 9780738019895
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Frank Harris Lord Alfred Douglas
New Preface To " The Life And Confessions of Oscar Wilde "
London: Fortune Press 1923 . First edition thus. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo 55 pages black cloth lacks spine some stained pages at rear <br/><br/>"It is in these circumstances that I am publishing Mr. Harris's retraction of his cruel libels on myself and I now issue Mr. Harris's preface and my own statement exactly as they were written omitting only a few words which might be held to reflect unfairly on a well-known barrister who is still living - Foreword by Alfred Bruce Douglas. Fortune Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4959
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WEK. Anderson and The Society Of Friends Of The Kirk Of the Greyfriars W. E.
Scott And The Scottish Virtues and Sir Walter Scott And Greyfriars
<p>This pamphlet is signed by Dr. Shelton H. Short revered educator from Southside Virginia and Edinburgh.  It could be one-of-a-kind being prepared for a 200 year anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth at The Kirk Of The Greyfriars Edinburgh. The pamplet is divided between a commemoration of Scott's connection with The Kirk Of The Greyfriars and an extremely rare essay by well-known Scott scholar W.E.K. Anderson. All-in-all a real asset to any Scott and/or Anderson collector.</p><p>Photos on request</p> The Society Of Friends Of The Kirk Of the Greyfriars paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio1339
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HODEL, Michael P. & Sean M. WRIGHT, eds
ENTER THE LION
New York: Hawthorn Books 1979 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo 237 pages gray boards; short tear on rear panel of dj <br/><br/>DeWaal C22375 Hawthorn Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0007280 ISBN : 0801552869 9780801552861
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MATZ, B. W., editor
THE DICKENSIAN
London: Chapman and Hall 1905. First edition. Hardcover. poor. photos plates. 8vo publisher's red cloth covers speckled needs rehinging; Wrappers bound in at rear. Ex libris Wm. Vanamel Thackeray House Newburgh-on-Hudson <br/><br/>The official magazine of the Dickens Fellowship. Illustrated with photos plates facsimiles. The contents are in short "anything and everything likely to interest the student and lover of England's greatest novelist." Chapman and Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO012470I
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English, Prof. Richard (Managing Editor)
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations Volume 13 Issue 1 February 2011
UK: Political Studies Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011. Soft covers clean lightly edgeworn reading crease to spine corners lightly bumped notation marks to initial pages otherwise pp clean and clear to read binding sound. Soft. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Political Studies Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 59269
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Bible in English [King James Version, 1st Black-Letter Quarto Edition "he"]
THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES.
London: Robert Barker 1613. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Good. 4to 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 216 x 156 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column New Testament title in heart-shaped center within woodcut border woodcut initials head-and tailpieces. The First Quarto Edition of the King James Bible in black letter with "he" in Ruth 3:15. "This and many subsequent issues were produced in close imitation of those black-letter quarto editions of the Geneva Bible which had proved so popular." Herbert As they are often found our copy is imperfect bound with additional bits and pieces also imperfect Our copy is lacking preliminary quire A including general title scattered browning and staining throughout two tears just touching text two holes costing a few words. Bound before the Bible: An imperfect and defective copy of the Book of Common Prayer lacks all before quire B; and Speed's Genealogies stained throughout without the map of Canaan. Bound after the Bible: the 1615 edition of Herrey's Concordances last two leaves defective; and Sternhold & Hopkins' metrical psalms lacks title-page quite stained and frayed toward the end. Bound in Eighteenth-century tree calf; worn joints cracked but generally sound. Label to spine states it incorrectly as Geneva Bible. Our copy has an interesting line of provenance as follows: William Albin several signatures dated 1727 1729 and 1732 Theophilus Jones gift inscription to Thomas G. Evans dated 1867 Birth records of the Welsh family Evans 18471874 in one hand on flyleaf Christmas Evans inscription dated 1935; Evans's probable namesake and ancestor was the famous Welsh Noncomformist minister Christmas Evans 17661838 $5500 <br/><br/> Robert Barker unknown
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Bible in English Geneva Version
THE BIBLE. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO THE EBREWE AND GREEKE.
London: Robert Barker 1603. Full Leather. Good. 4to 8 3/8 x 6 in.; 213 x 152 mm. Black letter text in double columns 71 lines to the full column general title and New Testament title within the same woodcut border woodcut initials and tailpieces; title-page cut round and remargined headlines cropped chiefly at the beginning some side-notes shaved first two quires guarded moderate browning occasional staining and soiling several marginal repairs a few affecting or costing some text bottom of Iii2 remargined with last 2 lines of text in pen facsimile and tailpiece cut round and mounted lower right corner of NT title-page renewed in facsimile upper corner of Sss2 supplied in manuscript. Bound with: Robert. F. Herrey. Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances . London: Robert Barker 1603. 4to. Black letter double and triple columns 2 woodcut tailpieces; lower right corner of title-page renewed headlines cropped small tear to top margin of K8 touching text. Nineteenth-century diced Russia; worn rebacked and rehinged upper inner hinge peeling but holding fine. Walter Cullenson signature on Iii2v Warner-Yates-Cullenson families birth records dated 1679-1709 on verso of NT title-page and repeated on verso of Concordances title-page Bible: STC 2189; ESTC S101940; Herbert 273. Concordances: STC 13228b.18 incorrect collation of all signatures in 8s; ESTC S92949 with correct collation of AK8 L2. <br/><br/> Robert Barker hardcover
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Shakespeare, William (Angel-Luis Pujante, trans.)
Romeo Y Julieta
Spain: Espasa Calpe / Coleccion Austral 1994. Softcover. NEAR FINE. As new except for tiny corner bump on top back corner. "Las historia de Romeo y Julieta tiene antecedentes en la mitologia y literatura griegas y en algunas leyendas medievales. Durante os siglos XV y XVI fue objecto de multiples versiones pero fue Shakespeare quien le infundio una pasion y un dramatismo ineditos hasta entonces y que han contribuido a mantener la leyenda en la memoria colectiva." Text in Spanish. ISBN: 8423973174. Espasa Calpe / Coleccion Austral paperback
Bookseller reference : 35P010 ISBN : 8423973174 9788423973170
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Esson, Louis. Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson.
Dead Timber and Other Plays
London: Hendersons 1920 . First edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo 60 pages brown wrappers covers creased. <br/><br/>Esson was devoted to creating a distinctly Australian theater and was encouraged in that endeavor by W. B. Yeats. These four plays were published during his hiatus in England. This includes his play "The Drovers". Signed by Esson on the half-title page. His full name was Thomas Louis Bouvelot Esson. Hendersons paperback
Bookseller reference : 0009142
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Housman, AE. A. E.
A Shropshire Lad
Waterville Maine: Colby College Library 1946. Jubilee Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/good . Octavo; 133 pages brown cloth Light tape marks on endpapers; edgeworn dj <br/><br/> Colby College Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004196
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Haber, Tom Burns
The Making of A Shropshire Lad A Manuscript Variorum
Seattle: University of Washington Press 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Price-clipped Dj. Octavo. cloth <br/><br/> University of Washington Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004187
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Ian English
ASSISTED PASSAGE. Walking to Freedom Italy 1943.
London: Privately Printed 1994. Un volume 24 cm di 143 pagine con cartine e foto nel testo. In lingua inglese. Invio autografo dell'Autore alla pagina bianca. Similpelle verde editoriale con titolo argentato al piatto. Ottime condizioni. Privately Printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 016948
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Silkin, Jon, edw/intro
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry Second Edition
<p>London: Penguin. 1981 reprint. 291pp. paperback: Very Good text is age browned in the usual Penguin manner; else a nice clean complete & tight copy The Daily Telegraph: "A brave anthology and one which deserves much praise."</p> London: Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 21951 ISBN : 0140183671 9780140183672
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BUCHANAN, Robert
STORY OF DAVID GRAY
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher 1900. First Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Ex libris Herbert Carlton Wright. 12mo 4 xxii 85 pages. An unusual production with both boards in decorative French wrappers with a plain thin dust jacket with only the title on the spine chipped; dec French wraps unopened; dj chipped flap separated <br/><br/>The 100th book from this press. Limited to only 400 copies. As a poet who died young Gray has been compared to Keats. Thomas B. Mosher hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO014234I
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SQUIRE, J. C., ed
A BOOK OF WOMEN'S VERSE
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 191 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>With a lengthy Preface by Squire Clarendon Press hardcover
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DE LOCRE, Eliza
OLDER THAN EARTH
London: The Franfrolico Press 1930. First Limited edition. Hardcover. good . 8vo clothbacked decorative paper over boards <br/><br/>Limited to 175 signed copies for sale. The Franfrolico Press hardcover
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THOMSON, James
THE SEASONS: With The Castle Of Indolence
New York: W. B. Gilley 1818. New edition. Hardcover. Fair. wood engravings by Anderson. 24mo 267 pages full polished calf extra-gilt spine gilt and blind rules on covers lower outer joint splitting front hinge half broken. Sales label from Cummings & Hilliard booksellers and stationers in Boston 1818; inked presentation to Miss Mary Ann Black at Medford Mass. in 1819. <br/><br/>Thomson's classic poem with a "Hymn" and his allegorical poem on Indolence including a 2pp. glossary of obscure words. J. Scoles engraved the frontispiece and title-page with Richard Westall's designs. The four wood engravings in this volume were made by Dr. Alexander Anderson America's first wood engraver. They appear here on India paper with covering tissues printed by D. Fanshaw some foxing. Early American Imprints 2d series 45860. W. B. Gilley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0008152
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Tennyson Alfred
Enoch Arden
Boston: Ticknor And Fields 1865. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 57 pages all edges gilt embossed cloth with bevelled edges gilt titling especially on spine; tips of spine worn gift inscription from Rosa to Edwin Feb 15th 1865. <br/><br/>19 steel-engraved plates with tissue guards by artists such as Elihu Vedder F. O. C. Darley W. J. Hennessey John La Farge. Published without illustrations in 1864. Ticknor And Fields hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0008287
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DE LA MARE,Walter
POEMS 1901 TO 1918
London: Constable 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mos grey cloth untrimmed fore-edges. <br/><br/>Collected poems to date including "The Listeners". Constable hardcover
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Sharp, William (Editor). [ Pseudonym: Fiona Macleod]
Sonnets Of This Century
London & Newcastle-on-Tyne: Walter Scott 1886. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Good. 4to blue cloth some sewing loosened to book block untrimmed partially unopened spine label chipped. <br/><br/>With voluminous notes and a 40 page Introductory Essay on the Sonnet by William Sharp. This is actually the second edition preceded by an octavo volume in the Canterbury Poets series. This has a revised preface revised Notes and 5 more sonnets than the 1st ed. Colbeck p.739 Walter Scott hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0007320
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JOHNSON, Lionel
POEMS
London & Boston: Elkin Mathews / Copeland & Day 1895. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. woodcuts in red. 8vo 115 pages deckle-edged gray boards new spine rubber stamped <br/><br/>One of 750 copies. Ex libris Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones & signed by Mary Lloyd Jones: Frank Lloyd Wright's uncle - and aunt Johnson's second book and first book of poetry including his masterpiece "The Dark Angel". Printed at The Chiswick Press with a striking woodcut tailpiece emblem for the press balancing the red ecclesiastical woodcut on the title-page. Kraus COPELAND & DAY 18. Elkin Mathews / Copeland & Day hardcover
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Thompson, Francis
Poems by Francis Thompson
London & Boston: Elkin Mathews / Copeland & Day 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo decorated boards October 1893 Elkin Mathews catalogue at rear tips of spine chipped rebacked with original spine laid down top board bumped front endpaper reattached with archival tape. Ex libris Francis Wilson famed actor and bibliophile. Scarce <br/><br/>One of only 500 copies of Thompson's first book. " Robert Frost took a book off the shelf in the front sitting room and said 'You should have this.' It was the copy of Francis Thompson's POEMS to which Robert made frequent reference over the years in his readings and lectures - Jack Hagstrom in the Dartmouth College Library Bulletin April l1996." Thompson was a lauded poet clearly with the distinction too of being a nominee as Jack The Ripper ! Co-published by Copeland & Day in its first year of operation. Frontispiece by Laurence Housman. Elkin Mathews / Copeland & Day hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0006882
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Abbott, Charles D., editor
Poets At Work
New York & London: Oxford University Press 1947. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Fine/price-clipped. 8vo xviii 202 pages green cloth 1948 inked inscription on endpaper <br/><br/>Shapiro's essay is "The Meaning of the Discarded Poem" which as the Editor of Poetry Magazine Shapiro should know more than a little about. Includes facsimiles of poems by Stephen Spender Robert Bridges William Carlos Williams W. H. Auden Dylan Thomas. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0006521
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Matthiessen, F. O.
The Achievement Of T. S. Eliot
New York & London: Oxford University Press 1947. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Fine/price-clipped. 8vo sviii 202 pages green cloth 1948 inked inscription on endpaper. <br/><br/>First published in 1935 this new ediiion has two additional chapters to cover The Four Quartets and Eliot's Plays. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0006520
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Ellis, Sarah Stickney. Mrs.
Sons Of The Soil
London Liverpool Paris: Fisher Son & Co no date . First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; xvi 298 later quarter leather pebbled black cloth rubber stamps of a private library on title-page. Scarce. <br/><br/>An epic-length poem in 12 books which lauds the life of the farmer especially inspired by the author's father. With wood engravings at each chapter head. "Critics Karen Chase and Michael Levenson place her in the company of Dickens as "one of the deep designers of the mid-century family imagination." Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0006408
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Colum, Padraic
Dramatic Legends And Other Poems
New York: Macmillan 1922. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Narrow 8vo 100pp. clothbacked boards paper label <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0005999
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Oliver Bernard
Getting Over It
London: Peter Owen 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo 159pp. dark boards; edgeworn dj <br/><br/> Peter Owen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0005829 ISBN : 0720608651 9780720608656
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Rice Wallace & Frances compilers
Mother and Home
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Designs by F. W. Raymond. 8vo 64pp. green pictorial cloth Xmas inscription in 1918 on recto of frontispiece. <br/><br/>An anthology including "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats. Others by Lord Byron Eugene Field Jane Taylor R.L.S. etc. Designs by F. W. Raymond. M. A. Donohue & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0005581
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GAY, John
FABLES
London: J. Carpenter J. Booker 1812. New edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 69 woodcuts. 16mo modern speckled calf extra gilt by Bayntun a.e.g. some closed splits in the leather on the covers. <br/><br/>Classic and handsome treatment of Gay's first collection and his posthumous collection of fables. "Printed at The Chiswick Press by Mr. Whittingham whose taste and skill in fine typography have conspired to enter his name pre-eminent in the literary annals of the country. . the typographical connoisseur sees much to delight his eye and to gratify his mind. He perceives the most careful display and arrangement of type; the most pleasing tone of ink on every page; and the woodcuts brought out in all their brightness clearness and richness of colour -"The Gentleman's Magazine." The first fable in part 2 "The Dog and the Fox" is dedicated to a lawyer. "I know you Lawyers can with ease / Twist words and meanings as you please;". 69 woodcuts. J. Carpenter, J. Booker hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO016656I
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GAY, John
FABLES by the Late Mr. Gay
London: J. Buckland W. Strahan 1783. First thus. Hardcover. Good. 16mo full sheep later spine rebacking green endpapers. <br/><br/>Gay's fables made him famous before his "Beggar's Opera". No engravings in this copy. Ex libris Lee Merton Watson. ESTCT13861 J. Buckland, W. Strahan hardcover
Bookseller reference : DEMO016599I
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Hope, Laurence, editor. ( Nicholson, Adela Florence )
India's Love Lyrics
New York & London: John Lane / William Heinemann 1920. New edition. Hardcover. Fair. 24 color plates. Quarto dark blue cloth tips of spine chipped extremities rubbed. Cryptic pencilled inscription on front free endpaper in 1920 while still in school at Harvard by John Mason Brown the prominent drama critic. Scarce in this format & edition. <br/><br/>Laurence Hope was the pen name of Adela Florence Nicholson whose cousin Indian-born Byam Shaw illustrated her posthumous poems which she claimed were translations but were really inspired by her years in India as a daughter and army wife. Her false claim inspired Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady". Shaw's passionate art is considered as among his best work. As Hope her passionate romantic poetry was popular even before she committed suicide at age 39 after the death of her husband. John Lane / William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0005286
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Housman, Laurence
A. E. Housman: Personal Recollections
New York: Scribner's 1938. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Chipped Dj. Octavo 286 pages cloth <br/><br/> Scribner's hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004182
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Yeats, William Butler
Poems Lyrical And Narrative
Stratford-on-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press 1908. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo quarter vellum cloth stained darkened spine. <br/><br/> Wade 75; Tomkinson MODERN PRESSES p.229 Shakespeare Head Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4487
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Beaumont Francis & John Fletcher
Works of Beaumont and Fletcher. 14 Vols
James Ballantyne 1812. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vos law buckram with leather labels. <br/><br/> James Ballantyne hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002514 Beaumont
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Betjeman John compiled w/intro. by The Earl of Birkenhead
John Betjeman's Collected Poems
<p>Boston/Cambridge: HM/Riverside Press. 1959 1st Am. ed. 279pp. salmon cloth 12mo: Very Good in a generally Good dj torn along extremities but now protected in a Brodart poly cover ink name on ffep; bit of age browning of edges; else a clean complete & tight copy A nice hard bound first edition of Sir John Betjeman’s 1906-84 poetry. He was Poet Laureate of England from 1972 until his death.</p> Boston/Cambridge: HM/Riverside Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19358
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English Association
Poems of Today: Second Series
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Lightly bumped and marked boards. Published for the English Association. Dedication to ffep. . Good. Hardcover. 1924. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5781
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THOMAS BURKE, English essayist, $2 Original price on DJ flap. FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper, He was married to Winnif
A TEA-SHOP IN LIMEHOUSE is a mixed collection mostly criminal LONDON'S CHINATOWN but some weirds including "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole " noted tale of unsuspected psychopath;
<p>Little Brown & Company BOSTON 1931. HBDJ Published March 1931. First American Edition Dates match on title & Copyright pg NF/NF- Beautiful Purple Cloth with Gold decoration. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. 263 pages. A few tiny nicks to jacket otherwise complete and quite nice. NOT price-clipped. but some weirds including "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole " noted tale of unsuspected psychopath;.Burke's tour of historic London pubs A series of horror crime and supernatural tales mostly set in London's Chinatown . originally published in the UK titled "The Pleasantries of Old Quong" the same year featuring Quong Lee as the protagonist of these mystery short stories. Shadows in the Attic Desirab le Villa. He was married to Winnifred Wells whose pen name is Clare Cameron who wrote Rustle of Spring. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.</p> Little, Brown & Company , BOSTON hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28346
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Scott, Walter ( Sir ). Thomas Moule. J. M. W. Turner. John Martin
Illustrations;
London: Charles Tilt 1834 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 149 unnumbered pages 19th century 3/4 green leather marbled boards extra-gilt spine; ex libris B. G. Astley <br/><br/>The Preface by John Martin largely covers the difficulties with the 3 illustrations by J. M. W. Turner which appear within and competed with Turner's works for the PROVINCIAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND upon which he collaborated with Sir Walter. Tilt apparently issued this in 12 parts in 1833-1834 with each part containing 5 plates. This bound collection has 40 plates listed on its Contents pages: this copy appears never to have had the plate for "Margaret". With some text by Thomas Moule. Other plates by Cattermole Nixon Dewint Copley Fielding Pugin and others. Charles Tilt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4533
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Lewis Wharton
Francois Villon Blackguard and Immortal
<p>29-page book of verse in purple velvet-feel card covers published 1931 and still brand new although some toning over the years. Presumably that is because of the paper that was used as this book has lain unopened for over eighty years since the day it was signed by the author. It cannot have been read as it has never been fully opened. Villon was a Parisian-born 15th century poet one of the best-known of the 15th century</p> Seymour Press unknown
Bookseller reference : biblio110
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