PARADISE LOST (THE PHOTOGRAVURE SERIES)
Written by John Milton. Illustrated by William Strang.
Stock no. 1831585
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

The poem is a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve from the biblical book of Genesis which describes the creation of Heaven and Earth and of Adam and Eve. This poem fleshes out this story and imagines the couple's reactions to the events that led to them being expelled from the Garden of Eden (or Paradise). Light brown cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front, red border to front board. 12 b/w tissue-guarded plates, including frontis and title page. 242 pages. Top edge gilt. Boards lightly scuffed, faint mark to front board. Spine worn at top & tail and rubbed. Browning to contents and some foxing mainly to margins and verso of plates. A decent copy.

CLARE'S COUNTRYSIDE
Written by John Clare; Brian Patten; Eric Robinson. Illustrated by Ann Arnold.
Stock no. 1831540
Published by Heinemann Quixote Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A selection of some of the best examples of John Clare's nature poetry and prose. Selected and introduced by modern poet Brian Patten. Edited by Eric Robinson. Large, oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers with wildflower sketch. Colour & b/w illustrations. 78 pages. ISBN: 0434980137. Boards bumped to corners and top & tail of spine. Unobtrusive name in ink to lower edge of free front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

BROWNING: POETRY AND PROSE (THE REYNARD LIBRARY)
Written by Robert Browning; Simon Nowell-Smith.
Stock no. 1831525
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1967. Very good condition.

Selected by Simon Nowell-Smith. Black cloth spine with gilt title, mottled red/black boards. xviii and 776 pages including index. Top edge red. Second impression. White speckles to spine else boards clean. Text block a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown, '3980' written in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

COLERIDGE: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831324
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With this collection, renowned Colridge biographer Richard Holmes casts new light on the poet's sensibilities and accomplishments. Holmes divides the poems into eight categories of theme and genre, dispelling the myth of Coleridge as the metaphysical dreamer and rediscovering him as a Romantic autobiographer of tremendous power and range. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxxiv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0002555794. SIGNED by the author, Richard Holmes (no dedication), to title page. Boards clean. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

COLERIDGE: DARKER REFLECTIONS
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831323
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography. The long-awaited sequel to Coleridge: Early Visions, chronicles the last thirty years of his career (1804-1834), a period of domestic and professional turmoil. His marriage foundered, his opium addiction increased, he quarreled bitterly with Wordsworth, and his son, Hartley (a gifted poet himself), became an alcoholic. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 622 pages including index. ISBN: 0002555778. Ribbon page marker is frayed at bottom. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

COLERIDGE: EARLY VISIONS
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831315
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Holmes devotes careful attention to Coleridge’s childhood, arguing that it contains the seeds of much of his later suffering, as well as the behavior that previous biographers have tended to criticize. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 409 pages including index. ISBN: 0340283351. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT: THE LIFE AND POETRY OF GEORGE HERBERT
Written by John Drury.
Stock no. 1831313
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

George herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. B/w illustrations and a few colour photos. xix and 395 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846142482. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges else a lovely copy.

BYRON'S LETTERS AND JOURNALS (12 VOLUMES)
Written by Lord Byron; Leslie A. Marchand.
Stock no. 1831311
Published by John Murray. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

The complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed version of all others. 11 Volumes and Index, making up the complete set. Volume I first published 1973, Index first published 1982. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and Byron logo to front. Frontispiece to each volume. Reprints and first editions of the various volumes. One or two minor marks to boards but generally nice, bright and clean. A few volumes have a few marks to text block (not bad), top edges are browned. Name and date in ink to front pastedowns of each volume and also a four digit number to the top corner of the front endpaper. Else contents are clean. A nice set.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: A LIFE
Written by Stephen Gill.
Stock no. 1831310
Published by Oxford University Press. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond. Refusing to treat the poet's later years as of little interest, this biography presents a narrative of the whole of Wordsworth's long life--1770 to 1850--tracing the development from the adventurous youth who alone of the great Romantic poets saw life in revolutionary France to the old man who became Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xix and 525 pages including index. ISBN: 0198128282. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.

RHYMES OF A RUSTIC BARD: THE POEMS AND SONGS OF RICHARD WATSON MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE
Written by Richard Watson. Illustrated by Norman Robinson.
Stock no. 1831306
Published by The Teesdale Mercury. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. A few b/w illustrations to text. 206 pages including index. One of two minor scuff marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

JOHN KEATS
Written by Robert Gittings.
Stock no. 1831305
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A biography offering insights into Keats's family background, his financial difficulties, illnesses and unhappy love affair with Fanny Brawne, interpreting evey poem in the context of Keats's experience. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine with silver title. A few b/w illustrations. xv and 469 pages including index. Top edge red. Spine lightly sunned, a few minor marks to boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned, top edge lightly faded. A few minor foxspots present else contents clean.

THE DORSET POET
Written by William Barnes; Chris Wrigley.
Stock no. 1831304
Published by The Dovecote Press Ltd. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive selection of poetry and prose by the greatest and most popular of all English dialect poets. Introduced and selected by Chris Wrigley. Green pictorial cardwraps. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0946159173. Spine slightly faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block a little dusty and a few foxspots to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.