Resultados de búsqueda: Poetry from Washburn Books

London: Edward Arnold, 1979 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Studies in English Literature Series, No.34. 79pp with index and bibliography. Slight creasing to cover and pages sunned, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

Beverley, East Yorkshire: Hird Publications, 2009 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of 28 poems by the East Yorkshire poet, published posthumously after her death from cancer in 2007. Minimal surface marking to cover, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

Leeds: Flux Gallery Press, 2009 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Celebration of the life and work of T F Griffin, comprising an interview and critical book reviews and appraisals from a variety of academic sources, facsimile pages from Griffin's notebooks and essays and poems from fellow poets and friends. Scarce volume. 54pp. Minor edgewear, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co Inc, 1936 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 9.25" Tall x 5.25" Wide. Third collection of verse by the American poet and novelist Paul Engle (1908-1991), who was director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. 195pp. Gilt title to top board, black lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Slight bumping to spine and corners and edges a little age-toned, otherwise good copy..

London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1985 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Revised survey of British poetry in the 40 years following the Second World War which recognises the increased influence of Northern Irish and 'university' poets. 423pp with index. Slight creasing to back panel, otherwise very good copy with uncreased spine and no inscriptions..

London: Carcanet Press, 1972 Book. Good. Pink Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of essays and critical studies exploring the achievements, failures and new directions in British poetry since 1960. 289pp with index. Silver lettering to spine, grey endpapers. Slight bumping to spine, some marking and slight foxing to edges, otherwise good copy from the library of poet Anthony Thwaite, whose signature appears on the endpaper. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and slight fading to spine, otherwise good..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1945 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first volume of new poems to be published by Walter de la Mare since 1938. 106p. Gilt lettering to spine. Fore-edges untrimmed. Some foxing to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions in unclipped DJ with clear protective wrapper..

London: Seeley and Co Limited, 1900 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Collection of ancient hymns on the subject of Paradise, many translated from Greek and Latin. 96pp illustrated with 10 engravings after Fra Angelico, Ghirlandajo, Botticelli, Lippi, Bernardino Luini, Benozzo Gozzoli and Carpaccio. Tissue guarded frontis. Gilt design to top board and lettering to spine. Top edges gilt, rest untrimmed. Slight lean to spine, ink stain to lower edges, some bumping to spine and corners, foxing to edges and end pages and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise fair/good copy..

London: Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1969 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of Charles Duke of Orleans, taken prisoner by the English at Agincourt and sustained during his 44 year captivity by exercising his gift for poetry. Some of his poems are reproduced in the original French text. The main text is in English. 407pp with index, illustrated with 8 pages of black and white reproductions and 4 family trees. Slight bumping and fading to spine and corners and gift inscription to pastedown, otherwise good. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, else good..

London: A Brown & Sons Ltd, 1958 Book. Good. Turquoise Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection of poetry. 48pp. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, spine a little faded and minor foxing to edges and endpapers, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some marking to back and spine and 1/2" loss at top of back edge, otherwise fair..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1973 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Faber paper covered editions. 92pp. Some creasing to cover, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1990 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Selected poems with an introduction by Elizabeth Jennings. 96pp with index. Slight edge and corner wear to cover, page edges sunned and ex libris label inside cover, otherwise good copy..

London: Faber & Faber, 1967 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Faber paper covered edition. Selection of poems by Robert Browning, selected and with an introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. 166pp. Some creasing to cover, spine slightly faded and some marking to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1899 Book. Fair. Half Bound in Black Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bawdy poem from a 17th century manuscript, thought to be dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, with an introduction by John S Farmer. 23pp with decorative header. Black cloth spine over burgundy paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Badly rubbed to extremities with foxing throughout. Book plate inside cover of the Irish politician Laurence A Waldron. Contained in loose grey slipcase..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2009 Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of verse drawn from a variety of sources and ending with a group of autobiographical poems about the life and times of the poet's father. Silver lettering to spine. 58pp. Slight lean and minor bumping to spine and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good copy in very good plus unclipped dustwrapper..

Exeter: Shearsman Books Ltd, 2009 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second collection of poems from the author of 'Stretch of Closures', examining the place of older women in contemporary culture. 81pp. Slight creasing to corners of cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: John Murray, 1950 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First single volume collection of poems by the English poet, short story writer and playwright Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), including one of his best known works, 'Tales of the Mermaid Tavern'. 415pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edges slightly dusty, slight bumping to spine and corners and a few tiny nicks to fore-edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ is edgeworn and rather grubby, otherwise fair..

Oxford University Press, 1978 Book. Good. Orange Cloth Boards. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New and revised collection of poems first published in 1968, including four nnew poems. 152pp with notes. Correction in ink to text on p.151. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards, slightly bowed, minor bumping to spine and corners, slight foxing to top edges and former owner's note to endpaper, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and fingermarking, with some fading to spine, else good..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Revised edition of a collection first published in 1923, with new preface, two new groups of verse and illustrated with the author's black and white drawings. 464pp. Endpapers illustrated in green. Gilt lettering to spine. Foxing to page edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and fraying at top of spine, otherwise good in clear protective wrapper..

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1959 Book. Good. Red Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of poems, published posthumously, by the British writer, Sir John Collings Squire (1884-1958), editor of the London Mercury. 241pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards slightly bowed, top edges dusty. Newspaper obituary of the author glued across pastedown and front endpaper, with notes to margin, also former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has darkened spine and front panel and minor edgewear, otherwise good in clear protective cover..