Poesia

BUNNY.

Hill, Selima, · 2001 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bloodaxe Books, Tarset - Northumberland, 2001, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, large format (8.5 x 5.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, light creasing to wrappers, very good,

MASTER OF MIDDLE-EARTH - The Achievement of J. R. R. Tolkien in Fiction.

Kocher, Paul, · 1974 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, [i] ad., photo pictorial upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THOMAS HARDY POEMS SELECTED BY TOM PAULIN.

Hardy, Thomas, · 2001 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, 2001, paperback, xxii, 143pp, cream card wrappers with flaps, a little rubbed at extrems., faint vertical crease in spine, wrappers lightly soiled, edges tanned, nick to fore-edge first three leaves, good plus,

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W. B. YEATS.

Yeats, W. B., · 2000 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Wordsworth Editions, Ware - Herts, 2000, paperback, xxiv, 402pp, [i] ads., in the Wordsworth Poetry Library series, slightly larger than mass market paperback format (7.5 x 5 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, light creasing to cnrs. upper wrapper, very good,

INTO A TOWERING PASSION - Poems on Love.

Briggs, A. D. P. (ed.), · 2000 · A Book for all Reasons

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Everymna / J. M. Dent, London, 2000, paperback, xvi, 108pp, slightly larger than mass market paperback format (7.5 x 5 inches approx.), decorated wrappers by Coryn Dickson, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hingem lightly rubbed at extrems., a few faint creases to wr...

THE VIRAGO BOOK OF LOVE POETRY.

Mulford, Wendy (ed.), · 1999 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Virago, London, 1999, reprint, paperback, xx, 288pp, [x] ads., slightly larger than mass market paperback format (8 x 5 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, light vertical crease at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to cnrs., very good,

THE COMPLETE FAWLTY TOWERS.

Cleese, John and Booth, Connie, · 1988 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Methuen, London, 1988, 3rd imp., [vi], 333pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., laminated pictorial boards, the entire twelve scripts of the BBC TV series with a selection of half tone stills, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, pages tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,

A LAYMAN'S LOVE OF LETTERS - being the Clark Lectures delivered at Cambridge October-November 1953.

Trevelyan, G. M., O.M., · 1954 · A Book for all Reasons

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

Longmans Green and Co., London, 1954, 1st edn., vi, 125pp, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper, by the past Master of Trinity and Regius Professor of History to the University, Trevelyan lectures on English Literature as a layman, never having be...

THE CARETAKER.

Pinter, Harold, · 1960 · A Book for all Reasons

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Samuel French, London, ND (copyright 1960), acting edition, trade paperback, [iv], 50pp, [ii], stage plan in line, blue paper wrappers lettered in maroon, a play in three acts, the acting edition with furniture and property list, lighting and effects plots, and details of fir...

VOLPONE or The Fox.

Jonson, Ben (edited by David Cooke), · 1962 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen, London, 1962, new edition, 256pp, decorated and lettered cloth, in the Methuen's English Classics series, edges sl. dusty, old sello stains to endpapers, ink name front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

SELECTED POEMS.

C. Day Lewis, · 1951 · A Book for all Reasons

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Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1951, 1st in this selection, paperback, 128pp, lettered and decorated wrappers, in 'The Penguin Poets' series, a selection of poems made by the author, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name/date insie upper wrapper, very good,

PLAYS : ONE - Blood Wedding; Dona Rosita the Spinster; Yerma.

Lorca, Federico Garcia (intro Gwynne Edwards), · 1991 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen Drama, London, 1991, reprint, paperback, 208pp, pictorial wrappers (detail from Guernica), three plays from Spain's most celebrated dramatist - a casualty of the Civil War in 1936 - translated into English, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

THE ROSE TATTOO and CAMINO REAL.

Williams, Tennessee (intro. and edited by E. Martin Browne), · 1958 · A Book for all Reasons

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Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 233pp, [i] blank, [vi] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, in the 'Penguin Plays' series, includes cast details for the first New York production of The Rose Tattoo and the first London production of Camino Real, a ...

CHAUCER - THE PROLOGUE AND THREE TALES - The Prologue To The Canterbury Tales, The Prioress's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale and The Pardoner's Tale.

Chaucer, Geoffrey (ed. by Goerge H. Cowling), · 1934 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Ginn and Company, London, ND (c1934), l, 221pp, small format 7 x 5 inches approx, dark green cloth covered limp bds. lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, a little rubbed at extrems., endpapers lightly foxed, pencil annotations in text, no dustwrapper, very good,

THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS.

Burns, Robert, · 1930 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Collins, London, ND (c1930), 648pp, frontis and 4 sepia tone plates, pocket format 6 x 4 approx inches, maroon morocco grain cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, dark blue silk marker, older English style binding with backstrip glued to signatures...

RUPERT BROOKE - The Poetical Works.

Brooke, Rupert (ed. Geoffrey Keynes), · 1985 · A Book for all Reasons

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Faber and Faber, London, 1985, 5th imp., trade paperback, 216pp, pictorial panel upper wrapper by Pierre Le Tan, with a preface by the editor Geoffrey Keynes, athe stabndard edition arranged by the editor in reverse chronological order includes a fragment written en route to ...

THE BAB BALLADS - with which are included Songs of a Savoyard.

Gilbert, W. S., · 1953 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Macmillan and Co., London, 1953, reprint, 564pp, two colour title, 350 in text line ills. by author, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, upper edge coloured, lettered cream and green dustwrapper, lightly bumped at tips, edges and endpape...

THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON - Poet Laureate.

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, · 1909 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Macmillan, London, 1909, viii, 901pp, [i] printer, [ii] ads., guarded frontis port. engraved from a photograph by G. J. Stodart, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, fore-edge uncut, original plain lettered dustwrapper, very lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges...

AS THE SUN SHINES.

Williamson, Henry, · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

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Faber and Faber, London, 1941, 1st edn., 160pp, lemon yellow cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper bd., lower edge uncut, plain lettered dustwrapper, anthology of extracts from previously published works., lightly bumped and rubbed at extrems., lower edge upper bd. sl. ...

AN ANTHOLOGY OF LOVE.

Anthology, · 1970 · A Book for all Reasons

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Heron Books, London, ND (c1970's), 120pp, half tone, ills. in line and head-pieces, no dustwrappervery good,