Charming Oxford Miniature edition of Browning's selected poems, including pieces from Pippa Passes, Poems, Men and Women and more. Red leather with all edges gilt. Inner dentelles. Small 32mo. (110x75mm). Rubbing to edges, slight cracking to tail front hin [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...]
Charming collection of verse on Brown Bears by the prolific Parkers. With sepia toned illustrations throughout. Oblong 4to. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing to edges. cracking to hinges but binding sound. Some mild toning within but text-block generally clea [more...]
Collection of whimsical verse, with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Mild rubbing to edges. Very light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [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...]
Literary magazine featuring poetry and short stories, including Florence Warden's The Secret of Princess Paul. With advertisements to front and rear. Paper covers are rubbed and cracked around spine. Rear cover detached and in two pieces but complete. Conten [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...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1950. 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...]
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...]
No date but c. 1900. Scarce pamphlet of this childrens' story, told in verse with chromolithographic illustrations throughout. Some rubbing and tears to edges of cover, with loss. Toning within, else sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. collection of German verse on the theme of youth, with lithographic illustrations by Bennett. Bound with chord. Toning to cover. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges, occasional spotting within. Good. [more...]
Wonderful, illustrated ABC with delightfully absurd, animal themed verse. 4to. Some very slight shelf-wear to DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Very Good+ [more...]
Handsome Half leather binding of Goldsmith's works. Marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities and top of spine. Very sparse foxing to fore-edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Charming account of the various animals that appear in the Greek Anthology, describing what they meant to the ancient and classical greeks as well as their natural history. With b/w plates and decorated end-papers. DJ has small tears with slight loss to edge [more...]
