Poetry from Washburn Books

Oxford: Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, 1923 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Oxford Edition, containing Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Men and women, Dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Sordello and Dramatis Personae. 696pp with index. Printed in two columns. Gilt lettering to spine and design to top board. Minor bumping… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Annotated edition of poems by Dylan Thomas, containing a selection of 58 poems representing the main characteristics of his work. 136pp with index. Slight creasing to spine and marking to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1925 Book. Fair. Cream Linen Boards. Signed by Author(s). Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Small volume of poems by the Poet Laureate Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930), with a signed Christmas message on the half-title page signed by the author and dedicated to the British economist Dr Philip Wickstead, dated… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Erskine Macdonald, 1913 Book. Good. Dark Green Buckram. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of poems by Habberton Lulham (1865-1940), some of which had appeared in various periodicals. Lulham's other works include Devices and Desires and Songs From the Downs and Dunes. 108pp. Gilt lettering to top board and spine. Top edges gilt, rest untrimmed.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Fair. Brown Buckram. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Early printing of a book first published in 1888 containing two poetical works by Oliver Goldsmith, with a biographical introduction and notes to rear. 126pp. Black lettering to top board and spine. Some bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Everyman's Library No.985. The works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir John Davies. 428pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine, patterned endpapers. Minor bumping to spine and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Papermac, 1994 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive survey of English poetry, with a fresh look at eight centuries of poetic achievement. 506pp with index. Single reading crease to spine, some marking to edges and a few turned page corners, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Verse and prose concerning rural life. 332pp plus publisher's data to rear. Gilt design and lettering to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Section193-206pp slightly loose, slight bumping to spine and corners and top edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Burns Oates & Washbourns Ltd / George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1928 Book. Very Good. Brown Leatherette Boards. Reprint. The most famous and highly influential poem by the English poet and Catholic mystic, Francis Thompson (1859-1907). This volume, published by Burns Oates & Washbourne in 1928, appears to have been reissued as an undated hardback edition by George… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berlin: The Green Box, 2012 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 2nd Edition. 9" Tall x 11" Wide. A magical world created with photomontages and accompanied by short verses by the German Dada artist Hannah Hoch (1889-1979). Text in English with the original German text to the rear. Minimal marking to boards and endpapers, otherwise very good/near fine copy..

Worcester: Osborne Heritage, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 7.25" Tall x 6.5" wide. Tribute to Geoffrey Ankerell Studdert Kennedy, the diminutive but legendary World War I chaplain and poet. 96pp illustrated with black and white photographs. This copy presented to Dr Ingrid Roscoe, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, on the occasion of her opening the Woodbine… Saber más sobre este artículo

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..

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company Inc, 1961 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of 576 poems by the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). 331pp with index. Minor shelfwear and very slight marking ro edges, otherwise very good plus copy with no inscriptions..

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1979 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of all Hopkins's major poems, with full explanatory notes and an introduction by Walford Davies. 156pp. Minor rubbing to edges of cover and slight sunning to page edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1983 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection for students and general readers, drawn from all Stevie Smith's poetry, prose and drawings. 224pp with index, illustrated in black and white. Minor fading to edges of cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2008 Book. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A series of poetry readings at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2008. complete with accompanying CD to rear. Red lettering to top board and spine. Minimal bumping to lower edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1998 Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poems written by Ted Hughes over a period of more than 25 years and largely addressed to his wife, the poet Sylvia Plath, following her suicide in 1963. 197pp. Very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper..

London: Ebury Press, 2007 Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Poems for every occasion, selected by author George Courtauld, with his notes and a short biography of each poet. 196pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Faint underlining to one poem and marks left by paper clips at the top… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Oxford University Press, 1961 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The World's Classics No.109. Book of verse by the poet, orator and priest George Herbert (1593-1633), with an introduction by Helen Gardner. 285pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edges slightly dust-marked and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good… Saber más sobre este artículo