Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [more...]
Impressive special quarter leather Folio Society edition of Langland's c.1377 religious allegory, written in verse. With the original middle english here, alongside a translation by E. Talbot Donaldson, edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Stephen H. A. Shepherd [more...]
No date but published in 1893. Scarce, stylishly illustrated nonsensical tale told in verse. With surreal colour illustrations that take some cues from Alice in Wonderland. Oblong 4to. Heaving rubbing and soiling to covers. Hinges split, text-block essent [more...]
First edition of de la Mare's popular book of Children's poetry, generously illustrated in colour by Harold Jones. Full page chromolithographic images and text. DJ has tears with slight loss. Similarly pictorial covers are slightly rubbed to edges. Content [more...]
Handsome, divinity style binding of Scott's poetry, containing his ballads, poetical works and poetry appearing in his novels. With b/w illustrations. Engraved title page (dated 1857) and frontisportrait. All edges gilt with gauffered pattern. Beveled edges [more...]
Scarce. No date but c. 1915. Charming collection of verse tales concerning cats and dogs. With colour illustrations and further illustrations within the text which is printed with multicolour/rainbow gradient ink. Beveled edges. 4to. Rubbing to edges a [more...]
Neat quarter leather binding of the Everyman edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Reprinted editions from 1929, 1931 and 1932. Blue leather with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Rubbing to leather at top [more...]
Collection of Children's verse on a variety of themes by the Australian Poet. Complete wit 8 stylish colour plates by Mela Koehler Broman, plus 9 b/w illustrations and decorations. Quarter cloth with decorative paper. 8vo. Previous owner's inscription to f [more...]
Scarce collection of Weatherly's verse, beautifully illustrated by Bennett. With decorated initials. All edges gilt. Chromolithograhic covers. Some toning to covers and page edges. Contents clean and sound. Very good. [more...]
beautifully illustrated collection of verse on Animals by the prolific Parkers. With subtle colour/sepia toned illustrations. Oblong 4to. No date but c. 1910. Rubbing to spine with loss to top and bottom. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Toning to p [more...]
Beautifully illustrated collection of short verse/lines on flowers by Crane, with each flower represented by people in costume. Decorated end-papers. 4to. Marking to cover. Rubbing to edges with some tear/fraying to spine. Very mild toning to edges. Bind [more...]
Scarce translation of the Rubaiyat done by Johnson, from the Lucknow manuscript. Contains 762 quatrains done in a poetic, rhyming style similar to Fitzgerald but aiming to accurately convey the original meaning. It was common to attribute such quatrains to [more...]
Very scarce collection of amusing tales told in verse, illustrated throughout by BART in colour. 4to. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Some light foxing to page edges and toning within, else clean and tight. Goo [more...]
The rare deluxe Heron full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Containing all his plays; his longer poems, The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis; and all of his sonnets. These compact volumes are in full leather and blocked with 23ct gold. W [more...]
Handsome edition of Betjeman's complete poetical works, with an introduction by Lord Birkenhead. red faux-leather covers with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents bright and clean. Near fine. [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1965. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche of notable vers [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Pleasant full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete dramatic Works, divided into Comedies, Tragedies and Histories. Each with an original, quite excellent engraved frontispiece. Publisher's soft leather binding with gilt decoration. [more...]
Leather binding of Rogers' poetical works. Full mottled leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With inner dentelles. marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 32mo. Previous repairs to front joint. With original spine and front board reinforced. Rubbing and [more...]
Beautiful example of this collection of nursery rhymes with chromolithographic illustrations and design by Margaret Evans Price. Tall 4to. Light rubbing to spine. Occasional smalll toning/smudges within, nevertheless a very pleasing copy. Near fine. [more...]
Collection of verse and story, with colour illustrations throughout by May Smith. 4to. Wear to edges and toning to spine. Cracking to front hinge but binding holding, occasional toning/spotting within, Fair+ [more...]
