Books - "poetry"
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collected poems 1954
first edition 370pp very good+ (sl discoloured spine foot,some foxing to end papers) in very good d/w (rubbed,upper front corner v sl chipped,sl wear to spine head,sunned spine and upper edges,sl foxing to rear cover,price clipped)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape/hogarth press 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Man Does, Woman Is
first edition 74pp very good+ (sl water stains on boards,v sl foxing to endpapers and inside boards, sl rubbing to top edge of boards and spine head) in very good d/w (cup stained front and back, discoloration and sl foxing, price clipped, rubbing, front corners v sl rounded, sl wear to spine head and foot)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
RILKE AND BENVENUTA
A Book of Thanks
First English edition 193pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (corners bruised, bumps to lower board edges) in fair d/w (lightly rubbed, minor tears and creasing at extremities, sl sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd London 1949
KEYWORDS: Rilke Benvenuta Bio Lit Poetry German Letters
JEFFERSON HOGG
First edition 286pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent in good d/w (lightly rubbed, edgewear, sl sunned spine w. chip and scuffed foot)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1951
KEYWORDS: Hogg Lit Bio Shelley Poetry England
THE POETRY OF FRANCISCO DE LA TORRE
First edition 137pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent (text clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1982
KEYWORDS: De La Torre Lit Bio Poetry
Moores Fables For The Female Sex
133pp + adverts. full leather binding, speckled leaf edges, good+ (rubbing, edgewear, spine head and foot bumped, front board loose, spine leather split along hinges, corners bruised, ffep loose, foxing to title page), illust., good reading or binding copy.
PUBLISHER: Scatchard and Letterman London 1806
KEYWORDS: Moore Fables Verse Poetry England Women
Rhymes From The Mines
And Other Lines
First edition thus 178pp + 17pp adverts., t.e.g., pages rough cut, very good+ (light rubbing, corners bruised, sl sunned spine w. lightly bumped head and foot, discolouration to paste-downs and free endpapers, light occasional foxing throughout), inc. newspaper ephemera laid in at rear.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson Sydney 1896
KEYWORDS: Dyson Lit Poetry Australia
Eton in Prose and Verse
An Anthology
First edition 232pp gilt stamped boards and spine, t.e.g. w. rough cut fore-edges, very good+ (v light rubbing, corners sl bruised, sl bumped spine foot, faint gum stains to free endpapers, light foxing to title pages, final page of text and page edges, owners presentation note tipped in at ffep, inc. related ephemera), illust. w. 30 gilt bordered colour plates.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton London nd (1948?)
KEYWORDS: Eton Literature Poetry England Schools Education Biography Shelley
The Real Lord Byron
New Views of the Poet's Life
2 Vols. v1 376pp v2 370pp ex libris (usual stamps), half leather binding w. marbled boards, sprinkled leaf edges, good+ (rubbing, corners bruised, boards starting, spines split along hinges, library bookplates attached at front paste-downs, light foxing throughout, v1 spine cracked w. head and foot chipped, leather missing from head and foot, minor bumps to fore-edges, page 65 loose, internal separation at final section of text, v2 spine head and foot chipped w. spine leather worn, a sound set for binding copies)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett London 1883
KEYWORDS: Byron Lit Bio Poetry England
SHELLEY
A Life Story
First edition 320pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) fair (lightly rubbed, corners bruised, sl sunned spine w. scuffed head, internal separation at front hinge, shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1946
KEYWORDS: Shelley Lit Bio Poetry England
WALT WHITMAN ON LONG ISLAND
Reprint 129pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (gum stains to free endpapers else text clean and bright) d/w very good in plastic (lightly rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press New York 1971
KEYWORDS: Whitman Lit Bio Poetry America Long Island
JOHN KEATS: THE LIVING YEAR
21 September 1818 to 21 September 1819
First edition 247pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellaiton stamps, pockets etc.) good (rubbed, corners bruised, edgewear, sunned spine, neatly internally reinforced at hinges w. tape, sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann London 1954
KEYWORDS: Keats Lit Bio Poetry England
WHITMAN AND BURROUGHS COMRADES
Reprint 392pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent (text clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press New York 1968
KEYWORDS: Whitman Burroughs Lit Bio Poetry America
THE SHELLEY LEGEND
First edition 343pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised corners, spine head and foot sl bumped)
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1945
KEYWORDS: Shelley Lit Bio Poetry England
VERLAINE
First edition 432pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised lower corners, gum stains to free endpapers, faint stains to page edges) d/w excellent in plastic
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson London 1971
KEYWORDS: Verlaine Lit Bio Poetry France
VERLAINE: FOOL OF GOD
First edition 394pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised corners, pen marks at ffep) in fiar d/w (lightly rubbed, edgewear, tears to spine head and front cover repaired w. tape)
PUBLISHER: Random House New York 1957
KEYWORDS: Verlaine Lit Bio France Poetry
A LIFE OF JOHN KEATS
Second edition 408pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) good (rubbed, corners bruised, spine head and foot bumped, sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett London 1949
KEYWORDS: Keats Lit Bio Poetry England
WALT WHITMAN AND THE SPRINGS OF COURAGE
First edition 144pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (spine head lightly bumped) in good d/w (rubbed, edgewear, corners sl chipped, sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot, front flap price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Writers' Editions Inc. New Mexico 1938
KEYWORDS: Whitman Lit Bio Poetry America
WALT WHITMAN:
Poet of Democracy
First edition 320pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised corners) in fair d/w (rubbed, sl chipped corners, edgewear, sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot)
PUBLISHER: Johnathan Cape London 1942
KEYWORDS: Whitman Lit Bio Poetry America
SANDBURG
Photographers View Carl Sandburg
First edition 113pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) d/w w. plastic, very good (minor bumps to lower board edges, gum stains to free endpapers), illust.
PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. New York 1966
KEYWORDS: Sandburg Bio Photography Lit Bio Poetry