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...]
Handsome special edition of Gogarty's collected poems. Limited to 500 copies. Gogarty was a well known figure around Dublin and Trinity College in the early 20th century. He pursed his own literary career as well featuring in the memoirs of other Irish writ [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1953. 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 popular song [more...]
No Date but c. 1880. Collection of charming verse for Children with chromolithographic illustrations by Charles Kendrick. Rubbing to edges with some fraying to joints. Front hinge split. Toning and spotting within. Fair. [more...]
Charming collection of French verse and song, with music, translated into English. With colour illustrations. With maps to end-papers. 4to. Mild rubbing to page edges. Light tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Splendidly and brightly coloured, illustrated collection of nursery rhymes by the well known artists and inventor, Kubasta. 4to. Rubbing and tearing to spine, rubbing to edges. Wear to front hinge. Mild toning within, else sound. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nicely rebound, half-leather binding of Scott's collected poetical works. Including his ballads and verse from his novels. Red Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end-papers and matching marbling to boards and p [more...]
No date but c. 1900. From the Moxon's Popular Poets series. Decorative cloth binding of Campbell's collected verse, including The Battle of the Baltic, Pleasures of Hope etc. Beveled edges, all edges gilt. Decorated end-papers. With frontispiece and b/w il [more...]
The first six volumes of the Tauchnitz copyright edition of Tennyson's collected works (bound as three[two subsequent volumes were published in 1872]). Including The Idylls of the King, Maud, Ulysses, In Memorandum, Enoch Arden, The Holy Grail and poems. Hal [more...]
Nicely produced reprint/facsimile of the 1917 Irish Texts society edition, Vol. XIX, edited from the Book of Lismore and other manuscripts. No date but c. 1984. Gaelic and English text side by side. With copious notes. Green cloth with gilt decoration. som [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nicely rebound, half-leather binding of Longfellow's poetical works. Including Hiawatha and the Courtship of Miles Standish etc. Blue Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end-papers and matching marbling to board [more...]
Collection of verse in German, with beautiful illustrations of anthropomorphic/fairy flowers. Oblong 4to. Toning to covers, mild shelf-wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1885. Beautifully illustrated edition of Whittier's poem, with full page chromolithographic images by Carline. Beveled edges, patterned end-papers. 4to. Hinges split contents disbound, although this was likely intentional as the plates were [more...]
No date but c. 1880. Extracts of Burns' poetry with brief descriptions of his life and work by Bell, with colour illustrations by Paget. Oblong 8vo. Bound with cord and bow. Toning to covers. Blue stain to bottom of title page, not affecting text/image. [more...]
Together with a life of the author. Small 32mo. [xliv] 216pp with one advertisement to rear. Mottled (acid treated/tree calf style) leather with gilt decoration. Engraved frontispiece. outer dentelles. Rubbing to covers and spine. Contents clean within, [more...]
Elegant collection of significant english verse from a variety of poets, from Chaucer to Arnold. Limp blue leather. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge uncut. Decorated end-papers. Toning and creasing to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and [more...]
With stylish colour illustrations by Anne Harriet Fish. Collection of verse and short stories. Mild staining to covers. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Half-title loosening. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Illustrated collection of verse describing the adventures of a family of Kangeroos. With chromolithographic plates and b/w illustrations. to. No date but c. 1910. Rubbing to edges with backstrip missing. Cracking to hinges. Toning and light spotting with [more...]
Charming collection of verse for each day of the week. With colour plates by Millicent Sowerby. No date but c. 1900. Previous owner's name to ffep. Toning to covers. Tearing to spine. Contents clean and sound. Fair+ [more...]
Collection of traditional nursery rhymes and other verse, illustrated throughout in b/w with numerous colour plates. Rubbing to spine and edges. Pen marks to covers. Hinges split, ffep missing. Binding loosening. Some toning and light spotting to page edg [more...]
