THE RENAISSANCE: STUDIES IN ART AND POETRY
Written by Walter Pater; Michael Prodger.
Stock no. 1829092
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Michael Prodger. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blocked decoration to front. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy, still in original shrinkwrap!

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W.H. AUDEN COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS 1927-1957
Written by W.H. Auden; Alexander Smith. Illustrated by Brian Grimwood.
Stock no. 1829081
Published by Folio Society. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Alexander Smith. Green, olive & blue decorated boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xvi and 396 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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COLLECTED VERSE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828872
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

By the Chepstow historian. Limited to 100 copies of which 20 were signed. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 112 pages. ISBN: 0950007994. SIGNED & dated by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Front endpaper lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean. Plain light grey dustwrapper is slightly grubby, lightly creased across top edge, and browned to spine.

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POEMS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828868
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 100 copies. Poems 1927-1987 by the Chepstow historian. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 68 pages. ISBN: 0906134382. Spine is slightly cocked. Front hinge is pulled wide but binding is tight (most likely a binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, a few small marks to rear panel.

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LEAVES OF GRASS
Written by Walt Whitman; Andrew Motion. Illustrated by Abigail Rorer.
Stock no. 1828836
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Following the first edition (1855) with minor emendations. Introduced by Motion. Quarter-bound in green leather with green buckram sides. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is just slightly scuffed.

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W.B. YEATS: COLLECTED POEMS (THE FOLIO POETS)
Written by W.B. Yeats; Roy Foster. Illustrated by Harry Brockway.
Stock no. 1828834
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Foster. Brown leather spine with gilt title, pictorial brown cloth boards. Top edge brown. B/w engravings. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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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. 1828829
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than 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. A lovely copy (feels unread) contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Brown chequerboard design with colour onlay to front. 24 colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing to lower cover edges. Very neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners with minimal loss, small closed tear to top corner of front panel.

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POEMS
Written by Dorothy Frances Gurney.
Stock no. 1828626
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

White spine with title block. Blue/grey paper boards. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and uncut. xiii and 111 pages. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to her husband on the free front endpaper. Spine browned, title label peeling just a little. Boards browned and mark to rear board. Corners a little worn. Some foxing present throughout. Some pages unopened. Overall a decent working copy.

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MAUD MULLER
Written by John Greenleaf Whittier. Illustrated by George F. Carline.
Stock no. 1828597
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1885. Fair condition.

A Ballad. Brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, no title to spine, gilt title to front with vignette. Floral endpapers. Colour plates. Corners of boards rubbed and worn, boards browned. Front joint has been amateurishly repaired with glue. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Joints pulled. Foxing and age related marks throughout. Binding is holding but feels fragile to touch.

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THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328450
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st thus 1939. Good condition.

A Trilogy With A Prelude By Richard Wagner. 2 Volumes in 1: The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie; Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, originally published in 1910 and 1911. 48 dramatic colour plates and b/w decorations. Blue cloth, black titles. Green/white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Damp spotting to cover edges. Small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to contents.

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TANKALPHABET: THIRTY TANKA
Written by James Kirkup.
Stock no. 1828563
Published by The Old School Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of thirty tanka baed around the letters of the alphabet. Limited to 190 numbered copies. Tall, slim format. Printed on cream hand-made paper. Loosely inserted concertina style contents of which there are 5 sections, contained in a red ribbon-tied folder. ISBN: 1899933093. Number 137 of 190 numbered copies. A lovely example.

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