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	Pansies Lawrence, David Herbert [1885-1930] (Book #ID 728) Published by Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, London First Edition 1929. 1929. First edition hard back. 8vo 154 pp. Blue cloth spine, gilt lettering to the spine, chevron decorative paper covered boards, top edge gilt, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Small ink name and light foxing to front end paper, two small closed tears to inner margin of Contents page, small brown ink stain to the foot of first four pages, corners and spine tips turned-in. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	Two Lives: A Poem Leonard, William Ellery (Book #ID 1782) Published by William Heinemann Limited, London First Edition 1926. 1926. First edition hard back white cloth spine, paper title label, green paper covered boards. 110 pp. Rubbing of cloth to spine tips, corners rubbed. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£9.50 Convert currency

	An Anthology of the Seasons Lane, Rhona Arbuthnot [Introduction by Guy Kendall] (Book #ID 4316) Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., London First edition 1936. 1936. First edition hard back sea blue cloth covers. 294 pp. Spotting to spine and fore edge, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£5.00 Convert currency

	Longfellows Poetical Works: Authors Copyright Edition Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert (Book #ID 11482) Published by George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London 1883. London 1883. Hard back publisher's original decorated blue and green cloth covers, gilt title blocks to spine and upper panel, all edges gilt. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" xii, 564 [pp]. Eighty-three illustrations by Sir John Gilbert and other artists. Front end paper missing. In Very Good clean and bright condition, without foxing. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	A Traveller from Stratford and Other Poems Leyland, Peter (Book #ID 82070) Published by The Book Guild Ltd., 25/26 High Street, Lewes, Sussex First Edition 1991. Sussex 1991. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 104 printed pages of text. Fine clean unopened condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0863325467 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Fiddler's Bidding Lochhead, Marion [Marion Cleland Lochhead MBE (19 April 1902 - 19 January 1985) was a writer and social historian. Her works span historiography and biography, poetry and fiction, children's writing, journalism, and broadcasting]. (Book #ID 108076) Published by Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh \| 98 Great Russell Street, London First Edition 1939. 1939. Publisher's original side stitched card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains 19 pp. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	The Collected Poems of D. H. Lawrence; Volume One Rhyming Poems Lawrence, David Herbert [1885-1930] (Book #ID 43107) Published by Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, London. First Edition 1928. London 1928. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 232 printed pages of text. Ex-library with small label to the foot of the front cover, one label inside the front cover and one small indigo stamp to the title page, corners turned-in, spine not faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 12 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	Towards Silence [Signed] Lucie-Smith, Edward (Book #ID 18070) Turret Books, Kensington Church Walk, London First edition 1968. 1968. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original beige cloth back strip, blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 62 pp. No. 120 of 500 limited edition copies SIGNED by the author. Small bookplate removed from upper paste down, without inscription and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£9.00 Convert currency

	Songs and Ballads Lover, Samuel (Book #ID 53791) Published by Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, London First Edition 1839. London 1839. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, pale lemon end papers. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xii] 135 printed pages of text. Old ink ownership name to the half-title page, very minor rubs to the corners and tips, without any foxing and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£95.00 Convert currency

	Poems by William Leighton Leighton, William (Book #ID 21193) Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London Second edition 1870. 1870. Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, symmetrical gilt designs to upper panel, all page edges gilt, dark green end papers, bevelled edges. 6½" x 4¼" viii, 150, 2 [pp]. Faint message inside, couple of pages dog-eared, cracking of paper to upper hinge, covers in clean and bright condition, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£9.00 Convert currency

	Lays of Ancient Rome \| With Ivry, The Armada, and Naseby (Volume XXVII The World's Classics Series) Lord Macaulay (Book #ID 110694) Published by Grant Richards, 48 Leicester Square, London First Edition Thus 1903. 1903. Hard back binding in publisher's original slate blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 18mo. 6'' x 4''. Contains (xxvi), 113 pp. Light spotting to the end papers and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems Lindsay, Vachel [Illustrated by George Richards] (Book #ID 24013) Published by The Macmillan Company, New York 1964. 1964. Hard back binding in publisher's original apple-green cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 144 pp. Monochrome illustrations. Indigo stamp to front end paper, tape residue to edges of boards where brown paper has been fixed to protect the book, now removed and in Very Good clean condition, corners sharp and pointed. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£7.50 Convert currency

	Poems Luton, V. K. (Book #ID 81831) Published by the Author circa 1990. circa 1990. Hard back binding in publisher's original full dark green leather covers, blind title and silver author lettering to the front cover, olive green paper end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 36 printed pages of text. Indent marks to the rear cover and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£30.00 Convert currency

	The Snake at Saffron Walden Leary, Paris (Book #ID 109372) Published by Carcanet Press Limited, Cheadle, Cheshire First Edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 41 pp. A few tan age spots to front end papers only. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 85635046X Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Poems of R. W. Emerson \| with Prefatory Notice by Walter Lewin (The Canterbury Poets Series) Lewin, Walter [Series Edited by William Sharp] Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) (Book #ID 107096) Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Paternoster Square, London circa 1890. 1890. Hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 12mo. 5½'' x 4¼''. Contains (xxvi), 270 pp + 8. Spotting to the closed text block edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Collected Poems 1929 to 1933 \| Transitional Poem - From Feathers to Iron - The Magnetic Mountain Lewis, C. Day [Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 - 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake]. (Book #ID 100787) Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London First Edition 1935. 1935. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale green finely grained cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, publisher's device to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains (xvi), 156 printed pages of text. Off-setting to the second end papers where dust wrapper flaps where folded-in. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper marginal line across the bottom edge and front fore edge, slight age darkening down the spine, without any chips or tears. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£35.00 Convert currency

	Is it Overcrowded in Heaven? Landesman, Fran (Book #ID 47938) Published Privately by the Author, Golden Handshake, London First Edition 1981. London 1981. Publisher's original card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 0905150384. Contains 61 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Britannia Road Lime, Vic (Book #ID 37667) Published by Panjandrum Press First Edition 2005. London 2005. Publisher's original colour card covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp ISBN 0797203471692X. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	Longfellows Poetical Works; Longfellow's Poems Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrated by Keeley Halswelle and Others (Book #ID 42519) Published by George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London circa 1880. London circa 1880. Re-cased hard back binding in deep burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, marble end papers and page edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼'' 539 pp. Title page missing, binding strong and tight, light age toning to the plates. We currently hold in stock 11 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£5.00 Convert currency

	The Ship of Death and Other Poems Lawrence, D. H. [1885-1930] (Book #ID 71333) Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 24 Russell Square London Fourth Impression July 1943. London 1943. Hard back binding in publisher's original camel paper covered boards with yellow cloth spine, blue title and author lettering to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 80 printed pages of text. Wear to the spine ends, tan age spots to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the upper spine end and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Thomas Chatterton; Selected Poems Lindop, Grevel [Edited by] Thomas Chatterton (Book #ID 36575) Published by Fyfield Books Carcanet Press Ltd., Manchester 1986. Manchester 1986. Publisher's original laminated card covers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 96 printed pages of text. ISBN 0902145541. Tiny name inside the front cover, two page with neat under lining and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0902145541 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Grim and Gay \| Some Rhymes Of The Second World War \| World War II Poetry Lancer [John Bowen] E. G. Tilt (Book #ID 107479) Published and Printed by The Civil and Military Gazette Ltd., 48 The Mall, Lahore Second Edition January 1942. 1942. Second edition in publisher's original stapled grey card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 7½'' x 5''. Contains 20 pp. Poem 5: WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL 'Does Winston Churchill ever wake at night, To hear the rumbling guns across the sea, And feel the Marlborough stirring in his veins, And thank God for his pedigree?' Foxing to the covers, belly band still intact 'All profits from the sale of this Broadsheet are devoted to the Red Cross. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£600.00 Convert currency

	Imitations Lowell, Robert [Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (March 1, 1917 - September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower]. (Book #ID 95610) Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 24 Russell Square, London First UK Edition 1962. 1962. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original red cloth covers, gilt and navy title and author block lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains [xiv] 149 printed pages of poetry. Front free end paper is missing, small nick to the bottom front cover. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbed tear and hole to the centre of the front cover, chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 21s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	Say Goodnight; Poems [Signed] Liu, Timothy (Book #ID 50522) Published by Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Washington First Edition 1998. Washington 1998. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. ISBN 1556590857. Contains 102 printed pages of text. Small indent mark to the front cover and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the front end paper 'For Katrina, with pleasure waml? [with all my love?] Timothy Liu November 2000.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£16.50 Convert currency

	The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry; Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew [1844-1912] (Book #ID 58193) Published by Ernest Benn Ltd., 8 Bouverie Street, London 1926. London 1926. Publisher's original stapled sand card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 32 printed pages of text. A little tanning to the edges of the covers, small tears to the foot of the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£8.50 Convert currency

	Piers The Plowman Langland, William (Book #ID 110497) Published by Random House, Inc., New York, USA First Edition 1971. 1971. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original grass green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver and gilt back, silver front, black dyed upper edges and end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 366 pp. Minimum wear to boards. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with repairs and staining to upper spine, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 394462599 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£25.00 Convert currency

	The Breitmann Ballads [The Lotos Series] Leland, Charles G. (Book #ID 59905) Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd., Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road, London New Edition 1894. London 1894. New edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue decorated covers with gilt and red flowers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt to the upper, fore and lower edges. 8vo. 6½'' x 4½''. Contains [xxxi] 317 printed pages of text, patterned end papers. Spine ends soft, shallow rubs to the corners, ink marking to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Note from the Publisher facing the title page: 'This is the only complete Edition of the Breitmann Ballads in existence'. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£11.00 Convert currency

	Swan Feather; Recollections in Poetry and Prose Lodge, Sheona (Book #ID 63114) Published by Flambard Press, 4 Mitchell Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, First Edition 1993. Newcastle 1993. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 151 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1873226063 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£8.50 Convert currency

	The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow \| Complete Edition Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) (Book #ID 106725) Published by George Routledge and Sons Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, Ludgate Hill, London 1866. 1866. Hard back binding in full black leather, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second, tooling to the others, gilt ruled and knurled edges, marble sides, red and cream Cockerell marbled end sheets. 12mo. 6'' x 4¼''. Contains tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, (xii), 367 + (3) pp. Ink message verso front free end paper, rubbing to the high points of the boards and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£20.00 Convert currency

	The Entrance to Purgatory Lonie, Iain (Book #ID 85024) Published by John McIndoe Limited, 51 Crawford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand First Edition 1986. 1986. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 54 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0868680834 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Remembering of the Elements; Poems 1969-1978 Lonie, Judith (Book #ID 85023) Published by Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand First Edition 1984. 1984. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 47 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0908693001 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Rome and Iona Lyon, Martin (Book #ID 69050) Published by Acumen Publications, Higher Furzeham, Brixham First Edition 2011. Brixham 2011. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [paperback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 72 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, unused and unopened brand new book, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781873161302 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Never Setting Sun; Poems of Imperial England [Signed] Levy, David [Edited by] (Book #ID 69813) Published by The Ensign Press, 56 Walton Street, London First Edition 1976. London 1976. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated white paper covered glazed boards, chocolate brown end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with full-page sepia illustrations throughout. A little sun fading to the red of the spine and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 090569600X Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£17.50 Convert currency

	The Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrations by John Gilbert (Book #ID 81584) Published by George Routledge and Co., Farringdon Street, London Third Edition 1855. London 1855. Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and gilt decoration to the front cover, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains 506 printed pages of text with full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Rubs to the softened spine ends, corners and gutters, front free end paper missing, tan age spots to a few of the early pages and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category	£15.00 Convert currency

Pansies

Lawrence, David Herbert [1885-1930]

(Book #ID 728)

Published by Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, London First Edition 1929. 1929.

First edition hard back. 8vo 154 pp. Blue cloth spine, gilt lettering to the spine, chevron decorative paper covered boards, top edge gilt, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Small ink name and light foxing to front end paper, two small closed tears to inner margin of Contents page, small brown ink stain to the foot of first four pages, corners and spine tips turned-in. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Two Lives: A Poem

Leonard, William Ellery

(Book #ID 1782)

Published by William Heinemann Limited, London First Edition 1926. 1926.

First edition hard back white cloth spine, paper title label, green paper covered boards. 110 pp. Rubbing of cloth to spine tips, corners rubbed. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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An Anthology of the Seasons

Lane, Rhona Arbuthnot [Introduction by Guy Kendall]

(Book #ID 4316)

Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., London First edition 1936. 1936.

First edition hard back sea blue cloth covers. 294 pp. Spotting to spine and fore edge, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Longfellows Poetical Works: Authors Copyright Edition

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert

(Book #ID 11482)

Published by George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London 1883. London 1883.

Hard back publisher's original decorated blue and green cloth covers, gilt title blocks to spine and upper panel, all edges gilt. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" xii, 564 [pp]. Eighty-three illustrations by Sir John Gilbert and other artists. Front end paper missing. In Very Good clean and bright condition, without foxing. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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A Traveller from Stratford and Other Poems

Leyland, Peter

(Book #ID 82070)

Published by The Book Guild Ltd., 25/26 High Street, Lewes, Sussex First Edition 1991. Sussex 1991.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 104 printed pages of text. Fine clean unopened condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0863325467

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Fiddler's Bidding

Lochhead, Marion [Marion Cleland Lochhead MBE (19 April 1902 - 19 January 1985) was a writer and social historian. Her works span historiography and biography, poetry and fiction, children's writing, journalism, and broadcasting].

(Book #ID 108076)

Published by Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh | 98 Great Russell Street, London First Edition 1939. 1939.

Publisher's original side stitched card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains 19 pp. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Collected Poems of D. H. Lawrence; Volume One Rhyming Poems

Lawrence, David Herbert [1885-1930]

(Book #ID 43107)

Published by Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, London. First Edition 1928. London 1928.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 232 printed pages of text. Ex-library with small label to the foot of the front cover, one label inside the front cover and one small indigo stamp to the title page, corners turned-in, spine not faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 12 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Towards Silence [Signed]

Lucie-Smith, Edward

(Book #ID 18070)

Turret Books, Kensington Church Walk, London First edition 1968. 1968.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original beige cloth back strip, blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 62 pp. No. 120 of 500 limited edition copies SIGNED by the author. Small bookplate removed from upper paste down, without inscription and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Songs and Ballads

Lover, Samuel

(Book #ID 53791)

Published by Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, London First Edition 1839. London 1839.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, pale lemon end papers. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xii] 135 printed pages of text. Old ink ownership name to the half-title page, very minor rubs to the corners and tips, without any foxing and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Poems by William Leighton

Leighton, William

(Book #ID 21193)

Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London Second edition 1870. 1870.

Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, symmetrical gilt designs to upper panel, all page edges gilt, dark green end papers, bevelled edges. 6½" x 4¼" viii, 150, 2 [pp]. Faint message inside, couple of pages dog-eared, cracking of paper to upper hinge, covers in clean and bright condition, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Lays of Ancient Rome | With Ivry, The Armada, and Naseby (Volume XXVII The World's Classics Series)

Lord Macaulay

(Book #ID 110694)

Published by Grant Richards, 48 Leicester Square, London First Edition Thus 1903. 1903.

Hard back binding in publisher's original slate blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 18mo. 6'' x 4''. Contains (xxvi), 113 pp. Light spotting to the end papers and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems

Lindsay, Vachel [Illustrated by George Richards]

(Book #ID 24013)

Published by The Macmillan Company, New York 1964. 1964.

Hard back binding in publisher's original apple-green cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 144 pp. Monochrome illustrations. Indigo stamp to front end paper, tape residue to edges of boards where brown paper has been fixed to protect the book, now removed and in Very Good clean condition, corners sharp and pointed. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Poems

Luton, V. K.

(Book #ID 81831)

Published by the Author circa 1990. circa 1990.

Hard back binding in publisher's original full dark green leather covers, blind title and silver author lettering to the front cover, olive green paper end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 36 printed pages of text. Indent marks to the rear cover and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Snake at Saffron Walden

Leary, Paris

(Book #ID 109372)

Published by Carcanet Press Limited, Cheadle, Cheshire First Edition 1973. 1973.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 41 pp. A few tan age spots to front end papers only. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 85635046X

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Poems of R. W. Emerson | with Prefatory Notice by Walter Lewin (The Canterbury Poets Series)

Lewin, Walter [Series Edited by William Sharp] Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882)

(Book #ID 107096)

Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Paternoster Square, London circa 1890. 1890.

Hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 12mo. 5½'' x 4¼''. Contains (xxvi), 270 pp + 8. Spotting to the closed text block edges. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Collected Poems 1929 to 1933 | Transitional Poem - From Feathers to Iron - The Magnetic Mountain

Lewis, C. Day [Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 - 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake].

(Book #ID 100787)

Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London First Edition 1935. 1935.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale green finely grained cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, publisher's device to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains (xvi), 156 printed pages of text. Off-setting to the second end papers where dust wrapper flaps where folded-in. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper marginal line across the bottom edge and front fore edge, slight age darkening down the spine, without any chips or tears. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Is it Overcrowded in Heaven?

Landesman, Fran

(Book #ID 47938)

Published Privately by the Author, Golden Handshake, London First Edition 1981. London 1981.

Publisher's original card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 0905150384. Contains 61 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Britannia Road

Lime, Vic

(Book #ID 37667)

Published by Panjandrum Press First Edition 2005. London 2005.

Publisher's original colour card covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 48 pp ISBN 0797203471692X. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Longfellows Poetical Works; Longfellow's Poems

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrated by Keeley Halswelle and Others

(Book #ID 42519)

Published by George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London circa 1880. London circa 1880.

Re-cased hard back binding in deep burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, marble end papers and page edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼'' 539 pp. Title page missing, binding strong and tight, light age toning to the plates. We currently hold in stock 11 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Ship of Death and Other Poems

Lawrence, D. H. [1885-1930]

(Book #ID 71333)

Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 24 Russell Square London Fourth Impression July 1943. London 1943.

Hard back binding in publisher's original camel paper covered boards with yellow cloth spine, blue title and author lettering to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 80 printed pages of text. Wear to the spine ends, tan age spots to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the upper spine end and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Thomas Chatterton; Selected Poems

Lindop, Grevel [Edited by] Thomas Chatterton

(Book #ID 36575)

Published by Fyfield Books Carcanet Press Ltd., Manchester 1986. Manchester 1986.

Publisher's original laminated card covers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 96 printed pages of text. ISBN 0902145541. Tiny name inside the front cover, two page with neat under lining and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0902145541

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Grim and Gay | Some Rhymes Of The Second World War | World War II Poetry

Lancer [John Bowen] E. G. Tilt

(Book #ID 107479)

Published and Printed by The Civil and Military Gazette Ltd., 48 The Mall, Lahore Second Edition January 1942. 1942.

Second edition in publisher's original stapled grey card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 7½'' x 5''. Contains 20 pp. Poem 5: WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL 'Does Winston Churchill ever wake at night, To hear the rumbling guns across the sea, And feel the Marlborough stirring in his veins, And thank God for his pedigree?' Foxing to the covers, belly band still intact 'All profits from the sale of this Broadsheet are devoted to the Red Cross. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Imitations

Lowell, Robert [Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (March 1, 1917 - September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower].

(Book #ID 95610)

Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 24 Russell Square, London First UK Edition 1962. 1962.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original red cloth covers, gilt and navy title and author block lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains [xiv] 149 printed pages of poetry. Front free end paper is missing, small nick to the bottom front cover. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbed tear and hole to the centre of the front cover, chips to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 21s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Say Goodnight; Poems [Signed]

Liu, Timothy

(Book #ID 50522)

Published by Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Washington First Edition 1998. Washington 1998.

Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. ISBN 1556590857. Contains 102 printed pages of text. Small indent mark to the front cover and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the front end paper 'For Katrina, with pleasure waml? [with all my love?] Timothy Liu November 2000.' Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry; Andrew Lang

Lang, Andrew [1844-1912]

(Book #ID 58193)

Published by Ernest Benn Ltd., 8 Bouverie Street, London 1926. London 1926.

Publisher's original stapled sand card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 32 printed pages of text. A little tanning to the edges of the covers, small tears to the foot of the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Piers The Plowman

Langland, William

(Book #ID 110497)

Published by Random House, Inc., New York, USA First Edition 1971. 1971.

First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original grass green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver and gilt back, silver front, black dyed upper edges and end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 366 pp. Minimum wear to boards. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with repairs and staining to upper spine, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 394462599

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The Breitmann Ballads [The Lotos Series]

Leland, Charles G.

(Book #ID 59905)

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd., Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road, London New Edition 1894. London 1894.

New edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue decorated covers with gilt and red flowers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt to the upper, fore and lower edges. 8vo. 6½'' x 4½''. Contains [xxxi] 317 printed pages of text, patterned end papers. Spine ends soft, shallow rubs to the corners, ink marking to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Note from the Publisher facing the title page: 'This is the only complete Edition of the Breitmann Ballads in existence'. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Swan Feather; Recollections in Poetry and Prose

Lodge, Sheona

(Book #ID 63114)

Published by Flambard Press, 4 Mitchell Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, First Edition 1993. Newcastle 1993.

Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 151 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1873226063

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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Complete Edition

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)

(Book #ID 106725)

Published by George Routledge and Sons Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, Ludgate Hill, London 1866. 1866.

Hard back binding in full black leather, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second, tooling to the others, gilt ruled and knurled edges, marble sides, red and cream Cockerell marbled end sheets. 12mo. 6'' x 4¼''. Contains tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, (xii), 367 + (3) pp. Ink message verso front free end paper, rubbing to the high points of the boards and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Entrance to Purgatory

Lonie, Iain

(Book #ID 85024)

Published by John McIndoe Limited, 51 Crawford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand First Edition 1986. 1986.

First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 54 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0868680834

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The Remembering of the Elements; Poems 1969-1978

Lonie, Judith

(Book #ID 85023)

Published by Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand First Edition 1984. 1984.

First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 47 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0908693001

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Rome and Iona

Lyon, Martin

(Book #ID 69050)

Published by Acumen Publications, Higher Furzeham, Brixham First Edition 2011. Brixham 2011.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [paperback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 72 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, unused and unopened brand new book, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781873161302

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The Never Setting Sun; Poems of Imperial England [Signed]

Levy, David [Edited by]

(Book #ID 69813)

Published by The Ensign Press, 56 Walton Street, London First Edition 1976. London 1976.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated white paper covered glazed boards, chocolate brown end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with full-page sepia illustrations throughout. A little sun fading to the red of the spine and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 090569600X

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The Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth [1807-1882] Illustrations by John Gilbert

(Book #ID 81584)

Published by George Routledge and Co., Farringdon Street, London Third Edition 1855. London 1855.

Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and gilt decoration to the front cover, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains 506 printed pages of text with full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Rubs to the softened spine ends, corners and gutters, front free end paper missing, tan age spots to a few of the early pages and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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