Near Traveller's Library edition of Pater's study of various aspects and figures of the Renaissance, including Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Winklemann and more. Marking and bumping to covers. Tanning to page edges, otherwise contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Reprint of Betjemen's selected works. From the library of Dorothy Wellesley, with her signature to front pastedown. Toning to spine, tanning to page edges, else clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Interesting Folio Society edition of the poetic works of McGonagall, the somewhat limited scottish bard. In later years he gained notoriety for his bad verse which was propagated by, among others, Spike Milligan, who writes the foreword here. Illustrated wit [more...]
Pleasing Oxford edition. Padding leather covers, rounded corners, gilt to page edge and gilt dentelles to inner boards. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean and bright. Good/very good overall. [more...]
Pleasantly chunky edition of Scott's poetry. Printed on nice textured paper. Gilt and blind-stamped decorated covers. Spine sunned and staining marks to front and rear covers. Some foxing to endpapers. Tanning to page edge. But binding sound and contents [more...]
Poetry selected by R. N. Green-Armytage. Toning to DJ. Light marking and tape repairs. Rubbing to edges. DJ is price clipped. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Nicely produced selection of verse presenting sacred poetry from the middle ages to the present day. Includes work by Tennyson, Rossetti and other plus many anonymous early pieces. Quarter cloth. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. White cloth is a littl [more...]
Charming Folio Society edition of Joanna Richardson's life of Keats with frequent reference to his letters and poetry. Quarter cloth with Cockerell marbled paper boards. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing and heavy toning. [more...]
Milton's 1634 play and 1638 poem. With notes and glossary. General shelf-wear. Previous owner's name to end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
First edition of Masefield's collection of arthurian tales told in verse. Bumping and light rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's long poem The Princess, inspiration for the opera Princess Ida. In two parts bound as one, the first dated 1911, the second 1896. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities but c [more...]
'With essays on several aspects of Browning's genius.' Volume of essays on Browning with detailed line by line notes from a selection of his poems. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Rubbing and bumping to edges and light scratching/marking to cover. Bindi [more...]
Longmans Green, And Co. for the British Council 1963
Readable account of the great poet and his work. Writers and their Work pamphley no. 163. . Softcovers have some foxing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Ninth impression. Toning to spine of DJ. Mild rubbing t edges. Previous owner's name to front pastedown, beneath DJ flap. Contents clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
Literary essays and verse in honour of Dobree by his former colleagues and students, including Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, Auden and others. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Collection of verse on key moments in English history including Waterloo, Fire of London etc. Including many traditional ballads. Small portion missing from title page. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Fore-edge rough cut. Small tear to top of spine. Rubbing and wear to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
