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W.H. AUDEN: COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS 1927-1957
Written by W.H. Auden; Alexander McCall Smith.
Illustrated by Brian Grimwood.
Stock no. 1830781
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Alexander McCall Smith. Green, olive & blue decorated boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xvi and 396 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
ROBERT FROST: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Robert Frost; Paul Muldoon; C. Day Lewis.
Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs.
Stock no. 1830778
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2010.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduced by Paul Muldoon, Foreword by C Day Lewis. Green cloth spine with gilt title and vignette, cream & green pictorial paper boards. Green two tone illustrations. xxix and 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with very minor scuffing.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: COLLECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Neville Rogers; Richard Holmes.
Illustrated by Simon Brett.
Stock no. 1830753
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Folio Poets series. Edited by Neville Rogers, Introduction by Richard Holmes. Red leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial cloth boards. The text of this edition follows that of the 1969 edition by Oxford University Press published under the title Selected Poetry. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. xix and 552 pages including index. Very minor (hardly noticeable) discolouration to text block else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- LEATHER BINDING
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by William Wordsworth; Nicholas Roe.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830750
Published by Folio Society.
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Folio Poets series. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Roe. Bound on St. Paul's wove paper with quarter leather spine and patterned cloth sides. B/w engravings. Top edge dark brown. xix and 495 pages. Third printing. Headbands starting to detach from inner spine (common fault), slight discolouration to text block (not affecting margins). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- LEATHER BINDING
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes.
Illustrated by Garrick Palmer.
Stock no. 1830617
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduction by Richard Holmes. Burgundy silk moire boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front. Pale blue endpapers. Printed on pale blue paper. B/w wood engravings. 50 pages. Spine very lightly faded else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
THE FOLIO GOLDEN TREASURY
Written by James Michie; et al.
Illustrated by Simon Brett; et al..
Stock no. 1830569
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1997.
Very good condition.
The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in English Language chosen and introduced by James Michie. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett. Leather spine with gilt titles. Yellow cloth boards with repeating pattern. B/w wood engravings. 733 pages including index. Top edge yellow. Tiny fox-spots to text block, not affecting contents. Last few pages have been miscut by binder so top corner of page is folded in a crease. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LEATHER BINDING
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- SONGS
- PERFORMING ARTS
- POETRY
QUIET AS MOSS
Written by Andrew Young.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1330433
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Thirty-six poems chosen by Leonard Clark. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 39 numbered pages. Small mark to front edge of spine. Spine very slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Pale blue pictorial wrapper is edge worn, foed and faded to spine and folds. Small damp stains to front fold.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
IN THE MASTER'S GARDEN
No author listed.
Illustrated by Fred Hines; et al..
Stock no. 1330427
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co..
Circa
1890.
Very good condition.
A daily companion for a month (a devotional companion). Brown cloth spine, cream boards with illustration to front. Black endpapers. Beautiful chromolithograph and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers just slightly marked. Light foxing and page browning else contnets clean. Cracking to joints with glue repair to front joint.
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- POETRY
- CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
- ILLUSTRATED
- RELIGION
SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1330405
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd..
1st
1928.
Very good condition.
No. 11 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition, limited to 500 copies. Light grey boards with gilt title to front. Small b/w illustration to half title-page and one full-page illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 187. A few very small, light marks to covers. Contents bright and clean.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- LIMITED EDITION
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; A.S. Byatt.
Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat; Stephen Raw.
Stock no. 1330366
Published by Folio Society.
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer Poet of Persia, Translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by Byatt, full page colour illustrations throughout by Puttapipat, Top edge gilt. Blue Nigerian Goatskin spine with gilt title, purple vendome cloth sides. Gilt endpapers. Originally published in 1859. 69 pages. Some light spotting to front cover. Contents are fine. Slipcase is lightly scuffed to one side and has a tiny nick to top edge of front panel.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- LEATHER BINDING
ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1330363
Published by Folio Society.
1st
2000.
Fine condition.
Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. A fine copy in slipcase which is slightly faded at open edges and has a small mark to one side.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- WORLD WAR I
PRACTICE
Written by John Moat.
Illustrated by John Moat.
Stock no. 1830469
Published by Libanus Press.
1st
1994.
Very good condition.
Limited edition of 300 signed copies of which there are three editions: soft bound, hard-bound, and quarter leather bound in slipcase. This is one of fifty hard-bound with hand-coloured illustrations. The author & artist travels to New Zealand, the birth-place of his mother. Poems and b/w illustrations as well as a few hand-coloured illustrations. Oblong format. Beige cloth spine with white title label, grey paper boards with white title label. Not paginated. ISBN: 0948021322. SIGNED by the author and numbered 38 (of 50) to rear. Gift inscription to half-title page also from the author. A few light foxspots to text block. Boards a little grubby. Contents clean.
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- POETRY
- ART
- NEW ZEALAND
- TRAVEL
- HAND COLOURED