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The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for readers, students, teachers and scholars of English literature. It provides unrivaled coverage of all aspects of English literature ― from writers, their works, and the historical and cultural context in which they wrote, to critics, literary theory, and allusions. It was first produced in 1932 and has been a best-seller ever since.
This is a copy of the Fourth Edition, published in 1973. 962 pages, dark gray-blue boards with brilliant gold lettering on the spine. It was a gift and is attractively signed on the front endpaper. No dust jacket. It weighs just under 4 lbs.There is no wear or damage of any kind to this book. It is in mint condition.

This is a lovely copy of the Poems of Love by John Donne. Donne (1571-1631) was an English scholar, soldier, cleric and politician. He is also considered the preeminent representative of metaphysical/sensual poetry.
The Folio Society first published this book in 1958. It was reprinted via photo lithography in 1990, and again in 1992. This is a copy of the 1992 printing.
Bright blue covers with a brilliant silver design on both sides. Donne's portrait by Isaac Oliver is inside. The title of each poem is in burgundy. There is no other adornment. Beautiful paper. Pristine condition.

This is a never-read 6th printing of the 1982 release, by Library of America, of the Poetry & Prose of Walt Whitman.
It is a plain, elegant book. Hunter green cloth covers, with brilliant gold lettering on the spine.
1380 pages, no shelf-wear, lovely paper, silk bookmark.
There are no marks of any kind in it. There has been some water on a part of the outer spine, and it's a little dusty. And there are slight creases to the first 4 pages.
I attach a photo of the table of contents.

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Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax.
This copy of his poems was published in 1969 by the Classics Club. It is beige tweed boards with red and gold on the cover and spine. The tops of the pages are dyed red. 339 pages.
The book is unread.
The original owner put a bookplate on the inside front cover, but it is already falling off on its own and can easily be removed. And there is a tiny bit of dappling to the corner of the back cover, which is barely noticeable.
Otherwise, it is pristine.
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This is one of a limited-edition run of a commissioned book, of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the book of poetry attributed to the 'astronomer poet' of Persia, who died in 1131. It uses the translation of Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).
The book may have been created c 2010. According to a statement in the book, it was created by Mohammadi Hosseinpour for a client, whose name is stated in the book. Hosseinpour apparently intended to market it and set up a website for it but that site is long gone. It has an ISBN sticker but that number is not attached to any book. The sticker can be removed. I have only been able to find one other copy of it.
It is printed in English and Persian. In keeping with the Persian language's right-to-left reading, it is (to us) back-to-front: Image 1 is the Persian cover, which is what we think of as the back cover. Image 2 is the English cover, which is what we think of as the front cover.
The client spared no expense to produce this book. Every page is heavily illustrated… Leer más

This is a first edition (1910) of The Story of Hiawatha, Adapted from Longfellow, by the American author Clayton Edwards. It is illustrated by Maria Louise Kirk (1860-1938), who illustrated L.M Montgomery's books, and the first US edition of Alice in Wonderland. The first part of the book discusses aspects of Ojibwe life, as it was known (or thought) to be at the time. That is followed by The Song of Hiawatha, the famous epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edwards used the poem as the basis for his observations in the first part of the book.313 pages.Brown boards with a painting on the cover and gold print on the spine. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" x 1 3/4"Minor scratching to the cover and some dappling to the spine.The inside is perfect. Pristine.

Under Milk Wood, A Play for Voices, is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). It was first commissioned by the BBC, and then adapted for the stage. It has also been filmed twice.
In it, a narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of the fictional small Welsh fishing village, Llareggub. They include Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands; Captain Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs. Dai Breads; Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter, pining for her dead lover. It is lyrical, impassioned and funny.
The Folio Society first published it in 1972, then reprinted it in 1997. This is a copy of the 1997 printing.
It is a slim, pretty book, just 93 pages. The whole book is purple, cream and black, with original custom lithographs, done in purple and black, by the Welsh painter Ceri Richards.
It comes in a pale gray slipcase. Lovely thick paper.
Uncracked spine; when I opened it to… Leer más

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is among the most influential poets in the American canon, and is often called the father of free verse.
This is a collection of his poems, first published by Walter J Black in 1942. This copy was printed by the Classics Club in 1970.
It is beige tweed boards with red and gold on the cover and spine. The tops of the pages are dyed red.
The book is unread and pristine. I don't think it has ever been opened.
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This is 7 of the 12-book set of The Works of Charles Lamb, published in 1903 by Dent London and then co-published by Dutton New York. This collection was a best-seller and was printed four times. Four of these books are first editions from 1903; three are 1914 reprints. The set was printed in the UK and is of the best quality, but it was printed for mass-marketing in the UK and US, and likely presented so as to be affordable.
The books are the complete collected works of the great English writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834), who remains most famous for his Essays of Elia (Elia was his pen name). His essays were wildly popular and influential; he also wrote fiction, children's stories, poetry and criticism and, with his sister Mary, is credited with expanding the public's knowledge of the works of Shakespeare.
This set is in superb condition. All are heavily illustrated, in black and white.
Each book is 4 3/4" x 7 5/8". Beige boards with navy blue spines. Brilliant gold design on the front and spine.
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