Red cloth with elaborate gilt design. Featuring b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Some light rubbing to edges. Mild spotting to end-papers. Conents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Full leather binding of the collected works of the late 18th and 19th century Scottish poet who played a role in the creation of University College London. Includes The Pleasures of Hope. With a critical memoir by William Rossetti and b/w illustrations by Tho [more...]
Handsome full leather binding of Thomson's poetical works, including The Seasons, The Castle of Indolence and other poems. A Scot in the English court, Thomson sought to promote a British identity which can be seen in his poem Britannia here and in his lyrics [more...]
Poetry with a frontispiece by Ralph Steadman. Printed on lightly marbled papers. Limited edition, no. 91 of 100. Signed by Benson. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Collection of verse for children, with stylish colour illustrations by Burroughs. Oblong 4to. Toning and rubbing to covers. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Mild spotting to end-papers and front matter, else clean. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Chunky, sharply illustrated children's book of verse. With chromolithographic images by Caspari over sepia colour thick paper. Previous owner's name to cover, Marking and toning to covers. Some foxing to edges. Front hinge cracked and [more...]
No date but c. 1927. Collection of verse and illustrations meant to chart the year by Jacob. With colour plates. Quarter cloth. Toning and marking to covers. Tanning within, else clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Fourteenth edition of the Scottish Poet Pollok's final and most successful work, a blank verse epic on a religious theme. Handsome full leather binding with Inner dentelles, and gilt decoration to cover. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Rubbing and bumping to e [more...]
Beautifully illustrated account of Columbus' voyages told in verse illustrated throughout by Melrose with colour plates and b/w drawings around the text. Portion missing to front cover. Hinges, split. Tanning to page edges but text block sound. Poor/fair [more...]
Handsome produced edition of Riley's poem featuring his civil war Solider, Jim. With colour illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy with decorations by Bertha Stuart. Some very light shelf-wear. Tanning to page edges. Else clean and tight, Very good. [more...]
Collection of verse/songs by the great comic song-writer and performing. No date but c. 1935. With stylish colour illustrations and decoration by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth. Heavy spotting/toning to covers. Tanning to page edges, contents clean and tigh [more...]
Collection of short verse with colour illustrations by Neilson. 4to. Tearing to joints. Rubbing to edges. Marking and toning to covers. Previous owner's name to ffep. Toning within, else text-block sound. Fair. [more...]
Spectacularly illustrated collection of verse, with colour plates, intricate b/w illustrations and further decorations. Illustrated end-papers. large 4to. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning to covers. Inscription to half-title. Close tear to one page n [more...]
Together with a life of Gray.Small 32mo. [xxxii] 93pp. Mottled leather with gilt decoration. Engraved frontispiece. Inner dentelles. Rubbing to covers and spine. Titling to spine faded. Previous owner's name to ffep. Last page torn with loss. But ot [more...]
Pleasant quarter cloth binding of Hood's humourous poems with b/w illustrations. Marbled boards. rubbing and wear to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Contents clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome Blackie volume featuring a selection of notable 18th century poetry, selected and introduced by Austin. Elegant cover design by Talwyn Morris. Top edge gilt. Decorative end-papers. With red titles. Rubbing to edges. Faint marking to covers. Tann [more...]
No date but c. 1880. Nicely produced poem with sepia and colour illustrations by W. J. Hodgson. Toning to covers, rubbing to edges. Mark to top edge Toning and mild foxing to edges within. Binding sound. Good overall. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. From the little wonder books series. A tale of a a boy and his horse. Told in verse with 30 colour illustrations by G. E. Shepheard. Small 12mo. Mounted illustration to cover and illustrated end-papers. Rubbing to joints with loss to t [more...]
With one volume on grammer, another on issues with spellings of certain words, and a guide to usage. Nice quarter faux-leather binding. Some mild shelf-wear. Small nick to spine on one volume Else clean and prim. Near fine, [more...]
