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SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325071
Published by William Heinemann. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

The second of the two volumes making up the trilogy of The Ring Of The Niblung. Very scarce publisher's leather edition. Gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 30 magnificent tipped-in colour plates which display the Germanic inspiration evident in Rip and Midsummer Night's Dream and continuing through Undine and the Wagner books. Orange and cream pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. One plate has a light corner crease, all others are present and in fine condition. Some light foxing to contents and textblock. Title list to prelims list mostly titles published before 1911 but also lists The Ring of the Niblung (published in 1939).

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A SNOWDROP
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claudia Guercio.
Stock no. 1324066
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

No. 20 of The Ariel Poems. Green cardwraps. Two b/w text illustrations and a full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. This variant has a bistre border to the frontis (other variant has green border). Slight rubbing to cover edges. Light fingermark to margin of one page else contents clean.

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THE WINNOWING DREAM
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1323827
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ariel Poems (new series). Blue cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustrations plus a couple of small b/w text illustrations. A very slim volume. Booklet is fine. Contained in original posting envelope which is foxed and has been opened at the top edge.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323825
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Pink cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. Covers slightly grubby, mark to front cover. Contents clean.

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POEMS OF COLERIDGE
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Edward Dowden. Illustrated by Chas. Pears; et al..
Stock no. 1323816
Published by Caxton Publishing Co.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Golden Poets series. B/w frontis and illustration to title-page, 8 colour plates (some by Chas. Pears). Blue cloth, gilt titles and white border lines. 275 pages, top edge gilt. Bumping to spine. Some faint spotting to covers. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped, large tear to front edge of spine.

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TRAVELLERS' VERSE
Written by M.G. Lloyd Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Bawden.
Stock no. 1323727
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Verse by those who have travelled in fancy or fact or in both. Brown pictorial cloth. Full page colour illustrations from lithographs. 120 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, edge rubbed and browned to spine.

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SELF TO SELF
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323473
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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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323472
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

No 4 of The Ariel Poems. White boards with black title and illustration to front. Colour frontis. Limited to 350 copies. This is copy no. 118. Covers and contents clean. Original tissue-paper dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped with quite a bit of loss.

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BELLS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Frances Ridley Havergal.
Stock no. 1323453
Published by Castell Brothers. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Chromolithograph illustrations. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some pale browning to pages. One hinge is cracked. White dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby, small tape repair to base of spine.

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POEMS OF DEATH
Written by Phoebe Pool. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1323378
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned to spine and has a small patch of surface paper damage to lower corner of front panel.

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THE COLLECTED MOTOR VERSES OF W. H. CHARNOCK
Written by W.H. Charnock.
Stock no. 1323061
Published by Villiers Publications Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Spine and corners very slightly rubbed. Pale browning to endpapers and some light foxing to textblock. Yellow dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, grubby to spine and slightly faded and foxed to rear panel.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND EMPIRE
Written by E. Nesbit.
Stock no. 2138005
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1898. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to prelims, endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning.

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