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Poetry To-Day Williams, Iolo A. (Book #ID 4682) Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, 3 Duke of York Street, London First edition 1927. 1927. First edition hard back blue cloth covers with black titles. 138 pp. Book in Fine condition. Dust wrapper has 15 mm loss to top of front panel which extends around on to the spine, shelf wear to pale cream colours. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Poetry of Caedmon | Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture Wrenn, C. L. (Book #ID 106300) No Place or Publisher Noted (Proceedings Of The British Academy) London circa 1947. Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 10'' x 6''. Contains 19 pp. Verso of title page and pp 6 not printed. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Industrial Muse; The Industrial Revolution in English Poetry + Publisher's Review Slip Warburg, Jeremy [Compiled by] Decorated by Roy Morgan (Book #ID 87666) Published by Oxford University Press, Amen House, London First Edition 1958. 1958. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine with small gilt illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 174 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated headers, Publisher's Review slip loosely enclosed. Lower spine end creased with shallow rubs. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with some age darkening to the spine and upper margins, not price clipped 15s. 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. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Triolets [Signed] Woolgar, Jack [Drawings by Kathie Layfield] (Book #ID 18059) Toni Savage The New Broom Press, 78 Cambridge Street, Leicester First edition 1975. 1975. First edition publisher's original hand stitched aquamarine card covers, black lettering to upper panel, deckle lower page edge. 8vo 6" x 5" 16 pp. ISBN 901870 19 6. No 86 of 100 limited numbered copies and SIGNED by the author. Small bookplate removed from inner front cover and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Seven Sonnets [Signed] Woolgar, Jack [Drawings by Marlene Staniforth] (Book #ID 18060) Toni Savage The New Broom Press, 78 Cambridge Street, Leicester First edition 1976. 1976. First edition publisher's original hand stitched grey card covers, black lettering to upper panel, orange paper. 8vo 7" x 5" 16 pp. ISBN 901870 22 6. No 45. of 125 limited numbered copies. SIGNED by the publisher Toni Savage. Small bookplate removed from inner front cover and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Steal Away Woolgar, Jack [Drawings by Rigby Graham] (Book #ID 18061) Printed by Toni Savage The New Broom Press, 78 Cambridge Street, Leicester First Edition 1980. Leicester 1980. First edition publisher's original hand stitched white card covers, black and scarlet lettering to upper panel, deckle page edges. 8vo 7" x 5" 8 pp. ISBN 901870 44 7. No 34 of 125 limited numbered copies on Sheepstor paper hand made by Tim Powell. Small bookplate removed from inner front cover and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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After the Rain the Sun [Signed] Wells, Eleanor (Book #ID 59442) Published Privately by the Author circa 1990. 1990. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated white card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 72 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED dedication by the author inside the front cover, To my very dear Roisbags - with much warm love. Isn't this exciting? I wanted to surprise you! Published in N.Z. 1990 Eleanor K. L. Wells.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Falling For A Dolphin [Signed] Williams, Heathcote (Book #ID 98618) Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, London Second Edition 1988. 1988. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, photographic end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 47 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the title page 'Heathcote Williams'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0224026593 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Wounded Bird Poems 1944-1954 [Signed] Winter Were, Mary (Book #ID 22737) The Courier Publishing Co., Ltd. Tunbridge Wells First edition 1954. 1954. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original ivory cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 72 pp. SIGNED by the author to title page 'Sincerely Yours Mary Winter Were March 15th 1955.' Without inscription. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small stain to foot of upper panel, light foxing to paper, without any chips or tears, not price clipped. Separate promotional slip from the publisher's relating to the book enclosed. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Breath Between; Author's Second Poetry Collection [Signed] Wells, Philip (Book #ID 61150) Published by The Vernon Harcourt Press, 65 Mattock Lane, London First Edition 2000. 2000. Publisher's original illustrated white card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 160 printed pages of text. Small crease line to the foot of the front cover and in very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Signed by the author to the title page 'Philip Wells.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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A Weight of Small Things: Paperback Poets 11 Williams, Simon (Book #ID 24337) Published by Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts 1981. 1981. Publisher's original semi-laminated card covers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 39 pp ISBN 0906465108. Single tone photographic illustrations throughout. In near Fine condition with slight soiling to white card covers, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Time's Delights: Poems for all Seasons Wilson, Raymond [Illustrated by Tony Meeuwissen and Meg Rutherford] (Book #ID 25218) Published by Hamlyn Ltd., London First Edition 1977. 1977. Hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 10'' x 7'' 176 pp ISBN 0600387593. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Upper corners slightly turned-in. In near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. From the estate of a private library belonging to the author and illustrator Valerie Littlewood with her signature to the front end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque; [with] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of consolation; [and] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of a wife [3 Volumes] A Comic Poem Satirising William Sawrey Gilpin. William Combe [25 March 1742 - 19 June 1823] Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson [13 July 1756 - 21 April 1827] (Book #ID 86680) Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, London 1819 / 1820 / 1821. 1819/1820/1821. Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary smooth finest quality brown leather covers with different coloured leather inlaid to the the front and rear boards, raised bands with twin morocco labels to the spines, marble paper end papers, all page edges gilt and gilt dentelles. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 276; 277; 279 printed pages of text with single-sided coloured aquatint plates including coloured frontispiece and title page to each. First Tour is Eighth edition [1819] with new plates, Second Tour is Second edition [1820], Third Tour is First Edition [1821]. General light rubbing to the spine edges, one hinge has been repaired, some off-setting from the plates, but without any foxing to the paper which is particularly clean. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Verdant Tree Whittaker, Sue Neé H. S. Corderoy (Book #ID 50514) Published Privately by the Author First Edition 1981. 1981. Publisher's original card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. ISBN 0854790349. Contains 64 printed pages of text with simple monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings and in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Corridors of Dawn and Other Poems White, Elisabeth [Frontispiece by Augustus John] (Book #ID 28311) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 17-21 Conway Street, London circa 1945 edition not stated. 1945. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covers, black lettering to ivory cloth spine and the upper panel, cornflower blue end papers. 8vo 7'' x 4¼'' 32 pp. Super monochrome frontispiece. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light foxing to the cream paper, small rubs to tips and corners, not price clipped 3/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Love's Task | Poems and Songs (First Series) Watson, George 'The Roper Bard' (1845 or 1846 - 1914) (Book #ID 92909) Dundee: Printed by J. Durham, Son and Kinnoch, 49 High Street and 13 Overgate First Edition circa 1884. 1884. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original emerald green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, dark green paper end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [viii] 170 printed pages of text with brown sepia frontispiece illustration. Pencil name and date to the front paste down and the front free end paper 'Peter S. Brown - 1885'. Spine slightly darkened and in Very Good clean condition, very scarce first series of poems and songs. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Father Noah and Other Fancies Whitworth, Geoffrey (Book #ID 53558) Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London First Edition 1918. London 1918. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, small white paper title label to the spine. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [vi] 76 printed pages of text. Small ink ownership name to the front free end paper and 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 |
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Lachrymae Musarum and Other Poems [Signed] Watson, William (Book #ID 44872) Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London 1896 Reprinted Edition [First Edition 1892]. London 1896. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, deckle page edges. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [viii] 76 [ii] printed pages of text. Surface marks to the covers. Very Good condition. SIGNED dedication by the author opposite the title page 'James Shield Esq. from W. W.' We currently hold in stock 5 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Requiem Wolfe, Humbert (Book #ID 81521) Published by Ernest Benn Limited, Bouverie House, Fleet Street, London June 1927. London 1927. Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the pasted spine block. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 123 printed pages of text. Foxing to the closed page edges, ink name dated 1927 to the front free end paper. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with chips, rubs, closed tears and dust marking. 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. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Chanticleer; The Poems of Terry Wise [Signed] Wise, Terry [Ruth and Charles Wise] (Book #ID 51850) Published by McClure Press, Verona, Virginia Second Printing January 1970. Verona 1970. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 180 printed pages of text with Terry's Post-Mortem Poems loosely inserted to the rear. Monochrome frontispiece. Touch of foxing to the page edges. Very Good condition book, in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the spine ends, not price clipped. Presentation dedication by his parents to the front free end paper 'To Miss Ursula Roberts' SIGNED Ruth and Charles Wise. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects 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 |
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What Love Can Bring Weedon, Bob (Book #ID 113811) Published by Sirocco Publishing Company 166 West End Lane, London First Edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aqua green paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 12mo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 75 pp with monochrome photographs throughout. 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. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Browning; The Revisionary Woolford, John [Robert Browning] (Book #ID 54402) Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire First Edition 1988. Basingstoke 1988. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lavender paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0333388720. Contains [xiv] 233 printed pages of text. With small ownership label to the front free end paper. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects 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 |
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Poems of Nathaniel Parker Willis with A Memoir to the Author Willis, Nathaniel Parker (Book #ID 64909) Published by George Routledge and Sons, Limited, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London 1891. London 1891. Hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xvi] 304 printed pages of text with tissue-guarded monochrome illustrated frontispiece. Mottling of the cloth to the front and rear panels, spine ends and corners turned-in with shallow rubs, tan age spots to the end papers, ink marking dated 1900 to the front free end paper and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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It's funny about trees [Signed] Wigmore, Paul [Illustrations by Barbara Zalecki] (Book #ID 66834) Published by Autolycus Press, London 1988. London 1988. First edition in publisher's original illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 48 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED by the author 'For Frank - on the first day of publication, October 6th, 1988, with all good wishes Paul Wigmore' 'and with my love an best wishes on your birthday Eileen.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0903413965 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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A Suburban Boy [Signed] Wigmore, Paul (Book #ID 66835) Published by Autolycus Press, London. First edition in publisher's original illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 80 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED by the author inside 'Frank - Best wishes! Paul Wigmore.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0903413531 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Easter Vigil and Other Poems [Inscribed to Baroness Ryder of Warsaw (Sue Ryder) by the Translator] [Signed] Wojtyla, Karol [Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz] (Book #ID 67734) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 3 Fitzroy Square, London First English Edition 1979. London 1979. First English edition hard back binding in publisher's original white rexine cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, gilt to three edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with colour photographic frontispiece. Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Dedicated to Baroness Ryder by the Translator to front free end paper 'for Sue Ryder with admiration and agape - Jerzy Peterkiewicz. February 1990'. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Apocalyptic Rants; Series No. 2; Sonnets and Other Poems From Childhood [Signed] Williams, Evan Gwyn (Book #ID 69042) Published by Wizard Press First Edition June 2003. 2003. First edition in publisher's original stapled yellow card wrap covers [paperback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 28 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, unused and unopened brand new book, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED by the author to the front cover 'Evan Gwyn Williams.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 978 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Selected Poems of Sir William Watson; with Notes by the Author Watson, Sir William (Book #ID 70407) Published by Thornton Butterworth Limited., 15 Bedford Square, London First Edition 1928. London 1928. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 336 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. Foxing to the end papers, some pages neatly under-lined, foot of the spine bruised 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 |
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The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque A Poem; [with] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; [and] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife [3 Volumes] A Comic Poem Satirising William Sawrey Gilpin. William Combe [25 March 1742 - 19 June 1823] Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson [13 July 1756 - 21 April 1827] (Book #ID 109154) Published by Nattali & Bond, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London Ninth Edition 1855. 1855. Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original embossed pebble orange cloth covers. 8vo. 10'' x 6½''. Contains 276; 277; 279 pp with 80 new single-sided coloured aquatint plates including coloured frontispiece and title page to each. General light rubbing to the spine edges, one hinge has been repaired, rubbing to the head and tail caps, some off-setting from the plates, but without any foxing to the paper which is particularly clean, spines slightly age darkened. Heavy volume set weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Small Poems Again [Signed] Worth, Valerie [Pictures by Natalie Babbitt] (Book #ID 78221) Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Square West, New York, USA First Edition 1986. USA 1986. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original letterbox red cloth covers, metallic blue and gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains 40 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Superficial wear to the lower edges. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the front free end paper 'To Peggy, with love from Valerie, November 30 1986'. 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. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Horace & His Lyric Poetry Wilkinson, L. P. [Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus, also known as Octavian] (Book #ID 92007) Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, First Edition 1945. 1945. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy and black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [ix] 185 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece photograph. A little foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with age darkening of the paper down the spine, not price clipped 8s 6d. 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. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Beast Is A Wolf With Brown Fire [Signed] Wallenstein, Barry [Foreword by M. L. Rosenthal] Illustrated by Julien Alberts (Book #ID 88489) Published by Boa Editions, Brockport, New York, USA Second Printing 1979. 1979. Second edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers, [softback]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 55 printed pages of text with two-tone woodcuts throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the Author to the title page 'For Marsh and Rosemary, keep it going, Best, Barry. 2/87.' Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Way Down; Christmas Poems for Children of All Ages Wyatt, Isabel [Frontispiece and Cover Design by Isobel Bruce Smith] (Book #ID 87140) Published by The Michael Press Hawkwood College, Stroud First Edition circa 1955. 1955. First edition in publisher's original plain blue card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 40 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece. Small marks to the front cover, contents in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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Twenty Most Favourite Songs of Burns; With Music Words and Notes on the Lasses to whom they were written Winton, Andrew [Selected and Presented by] (Book #ID 84237) Published by Shepheard-Walwyn Ltd., 26 Charing Cross Road, London First Edition 1998. 1998. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Folio 12'' x 9''. Contains 127 printed pages of red and black written text with colour illustrations and musical scores throughout. Tiny rubs to the spine ends. Very Good condition book in near 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 0856831751 Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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