Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's collections of poems. In two parts bound as one. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities but contents tight and clean. good overall. [more...]
Pleasant soft leather suede binding of Browning's verse drama Pippa Passes. With frontispiece. No date but c. 1910. covers have some rubbing and nicks but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Charming compact volume of 17th century lyric poet Herrick's selected work on a romantic theme, including, of course, his 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time'. With decorated initials and devices throughout. Full leather with an intricate blind-stamped des [more...]
Collection of poetry with b/w images of various places and artworks related to the verse. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to edges. Some fraying and splitting to joints. Toning to covers . Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Collection of literary essays, including pieces on Johnson and Boswell, John Dunton , Bath and more; plus verse and speeches. No DJ. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Broadway booklets edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, engraving to soft cover. Spine is rubbed with some loss. Binding starting but contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Pleasing edition of Dobson's selected poems. Red leather ith gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Marbled end-papers. Rubbing and toning to spine, with slight loss. Previous owner's stamp to half-title. Contents clean and tight, [more...]
Shakespeare Head Press; Odhams; Basil Blackwell 1947
Printed in double columns. With all Shakespeare's plays and poetical works, including the Sonnets. Sunning to spine. Wear, bumping and rubbing to edges, Light foxing to fore-edge. Binding sound. Fair+ [more...]
Illustrated Christian themed novel, framed around several lectures on Biblical events and themes. With b/w illustrations and decorated initials. 8vo. Light tanning within, binding tight. Good+ [more...]
First English translation of Nekrassov's epic poem, appearing between 1866 and 1877, in which several peasants journey across Russia seeking a happy person. Mild shelf-wear. Previous owner's name blind-stamped to ffep. Mild marking to page edges. Contents c [more...]
Handsome early Folio Society edition of Beowulf, translated into verse by Crossley Holland. With an introduction by Bruce Mitchell and tremendous illustrations by Virgil Burnett. Complete with slipcase. Shelf-wear to slipcase, rubbing to spine. Previous [more...]
Neat volume on Byron from The English Poets in Pictures series, with a selection of his key poems including Extracts from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Manfred etc. Illustrated with 4 colour plates and 20 b/w images. Selected and introduction by Dorothy Welles [more...]
Handsome but worn volume of Swinburne's selected poems. Decorated cloth covers are creased, Spine is sunned and marked. Contents clean and binding sound. Good overall. [more...]
A detailed study of Tennyson's work. Leather bindings with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to edges, Toning to spine and covers. Contents clean and bindings sound. Good. [more...]
Fascinating volume featuring various forms of literature, including excerpts from novels, poetry, short stories, Newspaper articles, surveys and more, that tell the story of Hungary's political development from Nazi occupation up to 1965. With numerous b/w im [more...]
Study of Chaucer's work through the lens of his life and travels, with many extracts of his verse. Light rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Otherwise clean and sound. Good. [more...]
