POETRY
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A PATHWAY OF FLOWERS
Written by Helen Maud Waithman.
Stock no. 1506023
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co..
circa
1900.
Almost very good condition.
An Album for Autographs, and Original and Selected Verses. Flowers culled from Friendship's Garden, With an Introduction by Waithman. Oblong format 7.5 x 10". Dark blue/green cloth covers with gilt titles and floral decoration. Colour illustration of flowers with verse to every other page, brown and white illustration around box to page in between. Space to write on both pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby/darkened. Front joint starting to crack next to half-title page. Browning, some foxing and an odd mark to contents but no writing.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
SONGS OF LOVE AND JOY
Written by Horatius Bonardd.
Stock no. 1506022
Published by H.J. Drane.
Almost very good condition.
Grey cloth covers, autumn leaves to front cover with gilt titles, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8". Each page has a verse/song and a beautiful floral colour illustration. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers a little grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to contents. Foxing/browning, mainly to endpapers. 37 written to last page. Colours still bright.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY
- SONGS
- ILLUSTRATED
- RELIGION
LITTLE SONGS
Written by Tom Pierce Cowling.
Illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey.
Stock no. 1505818
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1912.
Almost very good condition.
A Book of Poems with Music for the Nursery. Large format 11.75 x 8.75". Cloth spine, black decoration and titles, pictorial onlay to front cover of girl at piano. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 20 Songs and music. Spine bumped and darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with darkening to some cover edges, rear cover has a lot of surface wear. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean but with light foxing throughout.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY
- MUSICAL SCORE (CHILDRENS)
KING ROBERT OF SICILY
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Illustrated by Jane Willis Grey.
Stock no. 1405035
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons.
1st
1895.
Slightly better than good condition.
Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette and titles to spine. Patterned endpapers. Colour, sepia and b/w illustrations. 11.5" x 8.5" Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers marked including some white marks to rear board. One hinge broken showing stitching beneath and another badly cracked. Small patch of surface paper damage to title page and page opposite. Endpapers and some pages internally lightly browned. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown and initials in ink to rear pastedown. Some foxing and grubby marks. A few small tears to inner margins.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 2119852
Published by Ernest Nister.
Almost very good condition.
Purple suede soft covers. Colour illustrations. Covers are browned to edges and spine, with some spotting. Creasing also to suede cover edges. Front joint is cracked, with some of spine binding showing.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- POETRY
- NISTER
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1404947
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
circa
1920.
Almost 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 and corners bumped. Uneven fading to spine and boards. Dated inscription in ink to front endpaper, the imprint of which can be seen on the half-title page. Some page browning and foxing with many pages being clean. Plates are in fine condition.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- EDMUND DULAC
A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1315250
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 bumped. Some very light rubbing to covers. A few foxspots/fingermarks else contents clean. All plates present, 2 have corner creases.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- POETRY
THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson.
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1315040
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co..
1st
1895.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to front cover. 120 pages, edges not trimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine is a little dull. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to page edges. Piece torn from top edge of rear free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
BALLADS AND SONGS
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1404554
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1896.
Almost very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Grey and white patterned endpapers. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. 276 pages plus 14 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 'Heffer' and 'Cambridge' written in ink beside a small bookseller' label to the front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Couple of joints are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages including prelims and frontis tiissue guard.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1607061
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1967.
Very good condition.
1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Some rusting to staples.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- POETRY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1404092
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1918.
Almost 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. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Gilt on the spine is dulled. Light scuffing to rear board. Writing in pencil to top of front pastedown. Rear endpaper has horizontal crease. Foxing throughout otherwise contents generally clean. Plates are bright.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
TANNHAUSER
Written by Richard Wagner; T.W. Rolleston.
Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1314507
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
circa
1915.
Very good condition.
Publishers full brown calf binding with gilt decorations/titles. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour and b/w mounted plates plus b/w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. There is foxing to the contents (which affects the b/w plates but not the colour ones) but otherwise this is a lovely, bright copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- ILLUSTRATED
- POETRY
- LEATHER BINDING