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Maeterlinck, Maurice [Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911]. Translated by Alfred Sutro

(Book #ID 117504)

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Ruskin House, 40 Museum Street, London Reprinted Edition 1912. 1912.

Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 306 + iv pp. Ink message to the second front free end paper, spotting to the closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Browning, Robert [Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets].

(Book #ID 117582)

Published by Walter Scott Ltd., Paternoster Square, London circa 1900 edition not stated.

Limp back binding in publisher's original full burgundy leather covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, radial corners, all page edges gilt, duck egg blue and gilt marble lining papers. 16mo. 5¼'' x 4''. Contains [xix], 367 pp. Spine sun faded, rubbing to the spine edges. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Farjeon, Eleanor [Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 - 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. She was the sister of thriller writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon]. Illustrated by Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE RA (16 October 1900 - 8 November 1979), who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. [Eleanor Graham]

(Book #ID 117603)

Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1972. 1972.

Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 107 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library and estate of Edward Ardizzone. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Meynell, Alice [Alice Meynell (11 October 1847 - 27 November 1922) was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet]. Frontispiece by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (also known as simply Piranesi 4 October 1720 - 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons"

(Book #ID 119573)

Published by Burns and Oates, 28 Orchard Street, London First Edition | Fourth Thousand 1914. 1914.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece by Piranesi, (viii), 267 + 5 pp. Age tanning of the buckram down the spine and to the edges, else in Very Good neat and tidy condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Crossley-Holland, Kevin [Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (born 7 February 1941) is an English translator, children's author and poet].

(Book #ID 117782)

Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd., 105 Great Russell Street, London First Edition 1972. 1972.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 62 pp. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with just a little dust soiling to the edges of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'Gordon (author Gordon Mackay) - With every good wish, Kevin Crossley-Holland.' Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Plomer, William [William Plomer (1903-1973), novelist, modernist poet, short story writer, who worked successively at the Hogarth Press, Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape].

(Book #ID 117783)

Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, London First Edition 1945. 1945.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original custard yellow cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black lettering to the front board. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 31 pp. Ink name 'G. Mackay' (author Gordon Mackay) to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and cover edges, not price clipped, 3s 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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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]. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 - 29 January 1970) was a British infantry officer, historian and strategist.

(Book #ID 117784)

Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, London Second Impression 1939. 1939.

Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original olive grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered red back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains (xvi), 62 pp. Basil Henry Liddell Hart's copy with his elaborate bookplate inside the front cover, signed by two indecipherable well-wishers to the front free end paper 'To Adrian etc.' + 'To Adrian forty years on with lots of love, Michael - 1982.' Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with age darkening of the paper down the spine and to the edges, not price clipped, 5s. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Dyment, Clifford [Clifford Henry Dyment FRSL (20 January 1914 - 5 June 1971) was a British poet, literary critic, editor and journalist, best known for his poems on countryside topics]. Front Panel Decoration Designed by Eric Ravilious.

(Book #ID 117843)

Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London First Edition 1944. 1944.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 18mo. 5½'' x 4¾''. The poet's third published collection. Contains 48 pp in untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges of laid paper. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minor rubs to the top corners, not price clipped, 3s 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117926)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1964. 1964.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 32 mimeograph pages on pink sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117927)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1966. 1966.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 32 mimeograph pages on yellow sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117928)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1966, 1966.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 32 mimeograph pages on yellow sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117929)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1967 | 1968. 1967 | 1968.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 32 mimeograph pages on blue sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117930)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1967 | 1968. 1967 | 1968.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 32 mimeograph pages on blue sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117931)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1965. 1965.

Original wire stitched plain brown card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 24 mimeograph pages on blue sugar paper. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Templewood School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire | Headmaster G. W. S. MacKay (Author and Poet Gordon MacKay)

(Book #ID 117932)

Published by Pentley Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 1960. 1960.

Original plain folded illustrated light blue card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 7''. Contains 52 mimeograph pages on white sugar paper with one monochrome photograph showing 8 of the children: George Mighall, Vladymir Rogow, Janis Valainis, Czeska Dojka, Jadwigga Loyko, Stacha Jadowska, Leonard Clarke. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Lermontov, Mikhail [Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (October 15 1814 - July 25 in 1841) was Russian poet, writer, dramaturge, painter and officer].

(Book #ID 118344)

Published by Progress Foreign Languages Publishing House, 21 Zubovsky Boulevard, Moscow English Translated Edition First Edition Thus 1976. 1976.

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains colour frontispiece, 301 pp with monochrome illustrations and colour plates throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small crease line to the spine. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Schakovskoy, Princess Zinada [Princess Zinaida Alekseevna Shakhovskaya (August 30 (September 12), 1906, - June 11, 2001) was a Russian and French writer, translator, poetess, war correspondent, memoirist, editor from the princely family of Shakhovsky. She also published under the pseudonyms Jacques Croisé and Zinaida Sarana] Translated from the French by Peter Wiles.

(Book #ID 118349)

Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, London First UK Edition 1959. 1959.

First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 255 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 16s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Sanguinetti, Leopold P. [Leopoldo Sanguinetti was a Gibraltarian poet and writer who also wrote lyrics for the Gibraltarian composer Pepe Noguera].

(Book #ID 119565)

Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., Elms Court, Ilfracombe, North Devon First Edition 1957. 1957.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original rose red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5''. Contains short poems, principally sonnets, written under the different circumstances of the author's life. Some were written in moments of great strife and anxiety; particularly during the second world war. Others have been inspired by the simple observation of nature, and others by historical events of general interest and form a Gibraltarian contribution to the literature of the Commonwealth. These poems should have a special appeal for all who lived in Gibraltar during the period of the enforced evacuation of non-essential personnel. Contains 76 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with darkening of the cream paper to the spine and edges, not price clipped, 6/-. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'A souvenir for a good friend | Leopold Sanguinetti - 11th July 1958.' Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Yevtushenko, Yevgeny [Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-2017) Russian poet and dissident, was a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films] Translated from the Russian with an Introduction by Robin Milner-Gullard and Peter Levi, S.J.

(Book #ID 118393)

Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex Penguin Edition 1975. 1975.

Mass market paperback in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 92 pp. Tanning to the page margins and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Yevtushenko, Yevgeny [Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-2017) Russian poet and dissident, was a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films] with English Adaptations by James Dickey and Others

(Book #ID 118401)

Published by Panther Books Ltd., Frogmore, Hertfordshire. First Panther Edition 1973. 1973.

Mass market paperback in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 328 pp. Name 'Murdo Macdonald' to the introduction leaf, tanning to the page margins and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Brodsky, Joseph [Iosif Aleksandrovic Brodskij, also known as Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996) was a Soviet poet, essayist, playwright, and art critic].

(Book #ID 118437)

Published by Ardis | 2901 Heatherway, Ann Arbor, Michigan First Edition First Printing January 1977. 1977.

First edition in publisher's original grey and blue card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Considered one of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century, expatriated due to political persecution, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 and in 1991 he was named poet laureate (United States Poet Laureate). He wrote mainly in Russian, except for the essays, which he wrote in English. Contains 113,-blank [i] pp Russian text. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Brodsky, Joseph [Iosif Aleksandrovic Brodskij, also known as Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996) was a Soviet poet, essayist, playwright, and art critic].

(Book #ID 118438)

Published by Ardis | 2901 Heatherway, Ann Arbor, Michigan First Edition First Printing January 1977. 1977.

First edition in publisher's original grey and blue card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Considered one of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century, expatriated due to political persecution, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 and in 1991 he was named poet laureate (United States Poet Laureate). He wrote mainly in Russian, except for the essays, which he wrote in English. Contains 114 + [i] pp Russian text. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Related press cutting dated August 1978 loosely inserted. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Lermontov, M. Yu. [Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (October 15 1814 - July 25 in 1841) was Russian poet, writer, dramaturge, painter and officer]. Edited by A. Kostitsyn | Life and Work by E. Mikhailova | Technical Editor Al. Kukurichkina

(Book #ID 118478)

Published by Ogiz | State Publishing House of Fiction, Leningrad 1946. 1946.

Hard back binding in publisher's original plum cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered dark brown back and front. 4to. 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains frontispiece author portrait, 332 pp Russian text. Age tanning to the text block margins, sun fading to the covers and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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