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Church Poems by John Betjeman, illustrated by John Piper. Published by Pan Books 1982. 132 mm. x 198 mm. softback, 80 pages. Binding excellent. Contents near mint. Inscription on flyleaf. Weight 100 grammes. (23988) £8.
Collected Poems 1934 - 1952 by Dylan Thomas, published by Dent 1st edition 1952. 145 mm. x 220 mm. hardback with dustjacket, 178 pages. A few pencil marks in text pages. Lower outside corner bruised by a fall. Dustjacket complete but worn. Inscribed with previous owner's name. Otherwise excellent. Weight 450 grammes. (23814) £80.
Collected Poems by Siegfried Sassoon, published by Faber 1st edition 1947. 140 mm. x 210 mm. hardback 269 pages. Foredge untrimmed - some pages still unslit. Near mint condition throughout. Weight 400 grammes. (23815) £18.
The Hawk In The Rain, by Ted Hughes, published by Faber 1968. 125 mm. x 183 mm. softback 59 pages. Normal signs of light use. Many neat marks in the text by the previous owner. Otherwise excellent. Weight 150 grammes. (23816) £12.
John Betjeman's Collected Poems compiled by The Earl Of Birkenhead, published by John Murray 1958. 118 mm. x 190 mm. hardback 279 pages. Weight 450 grammes. (23747) £11.
New Poems 1962 by Robert Graves, published by Cassell 1962 (first edition). 155mm. x 220 mm. hardback with dustjacket 42 pages. Weight 250 grammes. (23755) £18.
The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century English Verse chosed by Philip Larkin, published by Oxford 1973. 140 mm. x 223 mm. hardback 641 pages. Binding excellent. Slight soiling of external head paper. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Text near mint. Weight 800 grammes. (23858) £12.
Poems Of Today First And Second Series published for the English Association 1934. Nice edition on pseudo-hand made paper, untrimmed. 135 mm. x 188 mm. hardback 350 pages. Weight 600 grammes. (23758) £5.
Sonnets From The Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, translated by Andre Maurois, published by Brentano's, 1944. 129 mm. x 180 mm. softback on pseudo hand made paper, untrimmed, 134 pages. Book is well used and cover is slightly soiled and worn. Text pages excellent. Excellent reading copy. Weight 200 grammes. (24114) £17.
Summoned By Bells by John Betjeman, published by John Murray first edition 1960. 173 mm. x 235 mm. hardback with dustjacket 111 pages. Binding excellent. Dustjacket slightly damaged. Previous owner's name on half title. Occasional marks in the text, otherwise near mint. (23865) £18.
Books on Literature
Cassell's Latin Dictionary revised by J. R. V. Marchant and Joseph F. Charles 27th edition 1955. 146 mm. x 217 mm. hardback, thumbholes, 927 pages. Binding a little faded and worn at spine. Content near mint. School library stamp on flyleaf. Weight 1000 grammes. (24287) £20.
Charles Dickens - A Pictorial Biography by J. B. Priestley, published by Reprint Society (Thames & Hudson), 1963. Binding excellent - slightly faded at top. Dustjacket excellent, complete, slightly chipped. End papers slightly discoloured. Content excellent with top and foredge slightly soiled. Weight 550 grammes. (23989) £10.
The Collected Poems Of A. E. Houseman, published by Jonathan Cape 1949. Book untrimmed at foredge and foot. 137 mm. x 198 mm. hardback 256 pages. Binding near mint. Content mint. Weight 350 grammes. (24292) £16.
The Complete Nonsense Of Edward Lear, edited by Holbrook Jackson, published by Faber 7th impression 1952. 165 mm. x 225 mm. hardback with dustjacket, 288 pages. Weight 550 grammes. (23761) £10.
Cricket On The Hearth by Charles Dickens, published by Heinemann 1906. 100 mm. x 155 mm. hardback 114 pages. Binding externally excellent but breaking away at frontispiece. A beautiful picture of the author. Content near mint. Inscription. Weight 150 grammes. (24308) £6.
The Life Of King Henry The Fifth (Arden Shakespeare) edited by Herberet Arthur Evans, published by Methuen 1933. 150 mm. x 220 mm. hardback 173 pages. Pseudo-hand made paper, book untrimmed. Binding slightly worn but sound. Book edges slightly soiled by dust. Content near mint. Weight 400 grammes. (24290) £8.
King Richard II, by William Shakespeare, published by Folio Society 1958. 175 mm. x 225 mm. hardback with dustjacket, 116 pages plus 8 colour plates. Dustjacket slightly worn and 20 mm. tear at front. Binding and test near mint. Weight 450 grammes. (23818) £10.
Late Latin And Early Romance In Spain And Carolingian France by Roger Wright, published by Francis Cairns 1982. 145 mm. x 223 mm. hardback 322 pages. Binding excellent. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Liquid spillage 2 cm. diameter spot on two pages, otherwise text excellent. Weight 600 grammes. (23851) £15.
Mediaeval Latin Lyrics by Helen Waddell, published by Constable/Barnes & Noble 1966. 135 mm. x 205 mm. hardback with dustjacket 342 pages. Dustjacket faded at spine, slightly damaged. Binding excellent. End papers slightly soiled. Head and foot stained. Text pages near mint. Weight 550 grammes. (23851) £16.
The Mississippi Pilot by Mark Twain; Two Men of Sandy Bar and Poems by Bret Harte. Published by Ward, Lock, & Co. undated. 182 mm. x 122 mm. hardback 161 pages. No dustjacket. Reading copy rubber stamped inside front cover. Discolouration to page edges. Weight 500 grammes. (23452) £35. Pictures
The Oxford Companion To German Literature by Henry and Mary Garland, published by Oxford University Press 1976. 162 mm. x 242 mm. hardback 977 pages. Binding excellent. Content near mint. Top edges of book marked by dust. Weight 1600 grammes. (24288) £30.
A Shropshire Lad, by A. E. Housman, etchings by Piers Browne, published by Ashford Press, 1988. 270 mm. x 323 mm. hardback with dustjacket, pages not folioed. Binding and dustjacket near mint. Text mint. Pencil inscription on half title "Hay on Wye Aug. 1990". Slip case excellent with one or two small chips. Weight 1500 grammes. (23918) £40.
The Student's Chaucer by Rev. Walter W. Skeat, published by Oxford University Press 1897. 138 mm. x 198 mm. hardback 732 plus 149 pages. Binding slightly worn but secure. Pages foxed at edges. Book edges soiled with dust. Inscription on title page. Weight 950 grammes. (24293) £25.
This Merrie English - First Slips In Literature, by Roger Rangemoor, published by Epworth Press 1958. 130 mm. x 190 mm. hardback with dustjacket, 96 pages. Weight 200 grammes. (23764) £5.
The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens, eight illustrations by Marcus Stone, published by Chapman & Hall 1875. Paper may be hand made. Book is untrimmed. Binding showing signs of age. Some staining of content pages and dust contamination. Edges soiled by dust. Weight 850 grammes. (24289) £30.
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