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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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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1202693
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. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Contents clean.

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BERKSHIRE VALE
Written by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302874
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Poems about Berkshire. Very large format (15.5 x 11.25"). Cream cloth with gilt title to front cover. 42 pages. Lovely tinted illustrations. SIGNED by the author and the artist. Copy no. 188. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Cream covers are ever so slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Foxing throughout else contents clean.

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POEMS OF PASSION AND PLEASURE
Written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1302412
Published by Gay & Hancock. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 copies. 20 splendid tipped-in colour plates, reminiscent of Charles Robinson. Each plate has a captioned tissue guard. 267 pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Full vellum binding with gilt titles and decoration. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by Wilcox and Tennant to limitation page, this is copy no. 178. Cover edges and spine are just a little grubby. Silk ties are missing. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Untrimmed page edges are dusty and there is some very light fingering otherwise contents are clean. 1 plate has a very light crease to a lower corner, all others present and fine condition.

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MAGDALEN POETS
Written by Robert Macfarlane.
Stock no. 1001262
Published by Magdalen College. 1st 2000. Fine condition.

Five Centuries of Poetry from Magdalen College Oxford.Limited to 250 copies. Black cloth, gilt titles. ISBN: 0951374761. Book: Mint except for name in ink to front endpaper.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND DRAMATIC ROMANCES & LYRICS
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 385347
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1909. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 260 copies (of which 250 are for sale). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignette. 246 pages. 10 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of marks to rear cover. Foxing and pale page browning to contents else clean.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 382540
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Very good condition.

Autograph Edition De Luxe, Limited to 50 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles, vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22, SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece (which is worn). A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book.

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REMINISCENCES OF WINCHESTER
Written by Christopher Wood.
Stock no. 627420
Published by W. Savage. Circa 1860. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. 11 x 8.5". Red cloth with gilt title and floral decoration to front cover. 11 b/w plates. A poetical description of Winchester. All edges gilt. Plates are browned at edges and slightly foxed. Rebacked. Covers a little grubby.

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THE BANKS OF TAMAR
Written by N.T. Carrington.
Stock no. 597626
Published by John Murray. 1828. Very good condition.

A Poem With Other Pieces. A New Edition. Grey paperboards. Gilt title to spine. SIGNED by author.

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NETLEY ABBEY
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Ernest M. Jessop.
Stock no. 594409
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Large format. 15 x 11". Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Story in verse. Address label to front endpaper. Joints very slightly cracked else contents fine. Corners worn. Boards lightly rubbed.

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BYD A BETWS
Written by Saunders Lewis.
Stock no. 587172
Published by Gwasg Aberystwyth. 1st 1941. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Life Of Oratory. Brown card wraps. Poetry. Text in Welsh.

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