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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Virgil Burnett.
Stock no. 1827314
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Very good condition.

'The First Version by Edward Fitzgerald". Lovely slim volume, red cloth with gilt and silver decorations. Cream pictorial endpapers. Full page illustrations. Top edge gilt. Tenth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed at corners and scuffed.

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ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1827294
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at edges and a couple of marks.

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COLLECTED POEMS 1912-1957
Written by F.W. Harvey.
Stock no. 1326790
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing; The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 95 pages. ISBN: 094625205X. Spine very slightly faded. Light foxing to textblock.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1326717
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and elaborate peacock and elephant design to front cover. 20 superb colour plates, tipped onto cream card with decorative border and each with a tissue-guard. Spine bumped. Some light marks to covers. Small tear to top edge of front free-endpaper and also to a couple of text pages. Some light foxing to contents else clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE AENEID
Written by Virgil; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox.
Stock no. 1827192
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 1750 numbered copies. Bound in Wassa goatskin blocked with a design by Jeff Clements. Colour plates. 448 pages, top edge gilt. Translated by Fagles, introduction and notes by Knox. Copy 222 of 1750 numbered copies. A beautiful example contained in publisher's solander box in almost fine condition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Miriam Macgregor.
Stock no. 1827189
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition.

Printed on clay ivory wove paper, bound in quarter leather with gilt title, decorated cloth sides. Edited and introduced by Richard Holmes. B/w engravings throughout. Top edge dark grey. Slight loss of gilt to Folio Society logo at base of spine and a couple of minor marks. Else A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and slightly faded.

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by William Wordsworth; Nicholas Roe. Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1827186
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The Folio Poets series. Bound on St. Paul's wove paper with quarter leather spine and cloth sides. B/w engravings. Top edge dark brown. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Roe. A few grubby marks to half-title page else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a minor bump to one corner.

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RUDYARD KIPLING: SELECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Rudyard Kipling; Andrew Lycett. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1827185
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Edited & introduced by Lycett with b/w engravings by Tute. Maroon leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. The Folio Poets Series. Top edge maroon. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: COLLECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by Neville Rogers; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Simon Brett.
Stock no. 1827184
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. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with light scuffing and a couple of minor marks.

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ANECDOTES OF THE WEST COUNTRY AND OTHER REMINISCENCES FROM A DEVONSHIRE DOCTOR'S DIARY
Written by J.W. Ley.
Stock no. 1326577
Published by J.W. Ley. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Anecdotes founded on truth. B/w photo of the author to frontis. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, light vertical creasing to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to prelims and textblock.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Herbert Cole.
Stock no. 1326439
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1909. Very good condition.

Flowers of Parnassus series (famous poems illustrated). Small format (5.75 x 4.5"). Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 75 numbered pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some grubby fingermarks to contents and endpapers lightly browned.

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COLERIDGE AMONG THE LAKES & MOUNTAINS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827047
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794-1804. Selected and edited by Roger Hudson. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. A light crease to margin of first few pages (very minor). Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and lightly faded, one corner bashed.

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