THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1108627
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

As the close of his life approached, Swinburne often expressed his desire to extract from his various volumes those poems addressed to children. He died without doing so. Edmund Gosse has brought together this collection of Swinburne's poems which are concerned with infancy. Rackham's delicate and romantic illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. 8 colour plates plus b/w text decorations. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Green/white decorated endpapers. 133pp. cr 4to. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Crossed out inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing; mostly to endpapers. All plates present.

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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
Written by William Cowper. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1108611
Published by Chiswick Press. 1952. Very good condition.

Limited to 1600 copies. Showing how he went farther than he intended and came safe home again. Grey pictorial paper covered card-wraps. B/w illustrations in typical Searle style. Uneven browning and foxing to covers. A little creasing to corners. Foxing also to endpapers, contents are very nice.

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FRIENDSHIP'S MEMORIES
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by F. Weatherley.
Stock no. 1310799
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very good condition.

An album for Autographs and Original and Selected Verses. Oblong format. White spine with green title, grey cloth covers with gilt title to front, floral decoration to front as well. Pretty colour illustrations, plenty of space for autographs. Verses by well-known poets Spine and corners bumped, front cover and spine are a bit grubby. A couple of small old tape(?) marks to front endpapers. Front joint just starting to crack. Light foxing throughout. Most (if not all) of the spaces for autographs have been neatly filled in with names. Staples rusty.

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REFLECTIONS
Written by Bernard Durrant. Illustrated by Frann.
Stock no. 1708670
1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Privately published. Limited to 75 Copies. Small format. ISBN: 0954915704. SIGNED by author. Copy no. 34.

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GUTO'R GLYN
Written by R. Gerallt Jones. Illustrated by Nicholas Parry.
Stock no. 2111306
Published by Tern Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

The Poets of the Princes Series, Volume I. Edited and translated by Jones. Brown leather spine. Limited edition to 100 copies, printed on hand-made paper. With etchings by Parry. A few marks to covers. Corners are bumped, with light wear. This is copy no. 56. SIGNED by translator and illustrator. A few margin marks. Page edges are uncut.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1309776
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Deluxe, limited to 500 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy.

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A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1309709
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are 'the very essence of the British spirit' selected and introduced by Nichols. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Heavy foxing to prelims and to page edges.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1207559
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978.

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ARCADIAN BALLADS
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1307512
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st thus 1978. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tall format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0435147722. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2105952
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Some foxing and light browning to pages.

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YARROW ITS POETS AND POETRY
Written by R Borland.
Stock no. 1204607
Published by A. Walker & Son. 2nd 1908. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Prose and poetry. 2nd edition. Free endpapers browned else contents fine.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by A.A. Thomson. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1305053
Published by Herbert Jenkins. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Blue boards, black title to spine. A book of poetry. Spine slightly bumped. Some foxing to covers. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby with a couple of small edge tears, 'offered at 1/-' sticker to front panel.

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