No date but c. 1890. Nicely produced collection of religious verse, with chromolithographic illustrations throughout. Illustrated and embossed cover. Oblong 12mo. Marking and creasing to covers. Toning within, else clean and sound. Good overall. [more...]
Splendid edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with eight colour illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Printed over decorated pages. With Dust jacket with tipped in illustration. White cloth with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Fore edge uncut. 12mo. 127pp [more...]
Collection of humorous verse about WWI and specifically the YMCA, who provided support to the army and war effort both at home and at the front lines. With numerous colour illustrations by Joyce Dennys. No date but c. 1917. Printed on khaki coloured paper. [more...]
Neat leather prize binding of Swinburne's selected poems. Half leather with marbled end-papers. Harrow crest in gilt to cover and non inscribed prize plate to front pastedown. Toning to spine. Mild tanning to page edges, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1895. Beautifully presented edition of Longfellow's poem. With lithographic text and illustrations, including colour plates. beveled edges. All edges gilt. patterned end-papers. 4to. Sunning to spine. Tear to top of spine. Rubbing to ed [more...]
Hefty, impressive edition of Scott's collect poetical works, including verse from his novels. Complete in one volume. Printed in double columns, illustrated with numerous b/w engravings plus frontipiece and engraved title page. Full leather with beveled edge [more...]
No date but c. 1940. Charming volume of traditional proverbs, expanded with verse by Chapman and illustrated in colour by Grace H. May. Oblong 12mo. Rubbing and splitting to spine. Toning and marking to covers, tanning within, else clean. Binding holding. [more...]
Special limited edition half leather binding of the selected poems of Ronsard. Recueillies Sur Un Plan Nouveau Et Annotées Par Pierre de Nolhac. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 249. Text IN FRENCH. Edition limitee a mille exemplaires numero [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1939. 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 Mrs. Beeton [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1961. 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 Gibert and Sull [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nicely rebound, half-leather binding of Lowell's poetical works. Including A Fable for Critics etc. With b/w illustrations. Blue Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end-papers and matching marbling to boards an [more...]
Handsome leather binding of Gostwick's overview of German Literature. Red leather with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. 8vo. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rubbing to edges. Light spotting to front matter. [more...]
Collection of verse for children, including nursery rhymes. Generously illustrated throughout by Blanche Fisher Wright in colour. 4to. Heavy rubbing to edges, marking to covers. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Mild spotting within, binding sound. G [more...]
Pleasant, scarce illustrated edition of Stevenson's collection of poetry for children. With numerous colour and b/w illustrations by Eulalie Minfred Banks. Lacks DJ but with a protective jacket. Some light shelf-wear to spine. Contents bright and clean. [more...]
Humourous poems describing children from all over the world. With 30 colour plates. Quarter cloth. Oblong 4to. Heavy rubbing, toning and spotting to edges of covers. Tanning and spotting to page edges and within. Binding sound. Fair/ [more...]
Pleasant collection of verse to accompany the months and seasons of the year. Illustrated and decorated by the author with b/w images and colour plates. All edges gilt, decorated end-papers. square 4to. No date but c. 1882. Spine is toned with rubbing and [more...]
Pleasant collection of verse to accompany the months and seasons of the year. Illustrated and decorated by the author with b/w images and colour plates. All edges gilt, decorated end-papers. square 4to. Decorative cloth, beveled edges. No date but c. 1882. [more...]
New edition of Butler's 1899 exploration of the 'thorny issues' raised by Shakespeare's sonnets, including publication history and dating. Also included is the full collection of sonnets with Butler's notes, plus a facsimile of the 1609 original edition. 8vo [more...]
Pleasant Tauchnitz edition of selections from Morris' poems, including Sigurd the Volsung, Guenivere and parts of the Earthly Paradise among others. With a memoir by Hueffer. Sunning to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and name to title [more...]
Nicely produced edition of Motion's second collection of poems. One of a run of 600 hardback editions. With decorated endpapers. Signed by the author on the title page. DJ has a small closed tear to top edge and a smudge to cover. Contents clean and tight [more...]
