Poesia

Selected Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1938 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, William Heinemann, 9th reprint (1938) of 1925 first edition. Stock toned with some foxing, heavy to early and late pages. Blue boards dulled marked and worn to edges. 12mo. 75pp, Fair, no d/j, 12mo, 75

Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald · 1900 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Portland, Thomas B Mosher, Scarce imprint. Preface and notes by Nathan Haskell Dole. Small format. All in VG order by a little toning and very occasional marking. Neat gift inscription to early blank. Card with oversized grey paper covers, rather dulled and worn. 16mo. 56pp, G...

The Day Is Done

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 0 · Dodman Books

£32.50 (€38.96 | $42.94 | ¥6,856)

London / New York, Ernest Noster / E P Dutton & Co, Poem with attractive illustrations (six in colour) in Victorian style. ND. Good order throughout. Endpapers split at hinges but binding holding well. Embossed pictorial bevelled red boards with ornate titling and floral illus...

Robert Adam, Betrothed and Other Poems

Maurice C Henshaw · 0 · Dodman Books

£47.50 (€56.94 | $62.75 | ¥10,021)

Privately Printed, 1st Edition, ND. (Henry) Maurice Carlyle Henshaw (1871-1943) was Guide Lecturer at Osterley Park which opened to the public in 1939 and this collection reflects both that location and the circumstances of the time with poems ranging from Robert Adam to Hitle...

The Palms

Charlie Smith · 1994 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

W W Norton & Company, 1st Edition, Smith's third poetry collection. In fine/as new order throughout. Publisher's launch press release laid in. 8vo. xii, 70pp, Fine, No Jacket, 84

ODES And Other Poems

William Watson · 1894 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, John Lane, 1st Edition, Stock toned and rough-cut page edges darkened but otherwise all in VG internal order. Green cloth lightly worn and faded to edges and spine. 12mo. 112 + 16pp publisher's catalogue., Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 112

A Wind In The Sand

Philip Henderson · 1932 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Boriswood, 1st Edition, Henderson's second volume of poetry in VG internal order and featuring three illustrations by Jean Shepheard. Printed at the Alcuin Press. Attractive patterned blue wraps, designed by Charles Tomrley, over stiff card covers, a little worn and cr...

FLIRTATION The Joy Of Six

Andre Mangeot; Andrea Porter; Anne Berkeley; Martin Figura; Peter Howard; Wayne Hill · 2002 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cambridge, Mainsail Press, 1st Edition, Scarce collection from Mainsail's Joy of Six poets series. In fine, clean crisp and bright internal order. Very light wear only to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 32pp, Near Fine, No...

Manatomy [SIGNED]

James McDermott · 2020 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Portishead, Burning Eye Books, In fine order throughout and signed by McDermott to title page. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 103pp, Signed by Author(s), Fine, No Jacket, 12mo, 103

The Ring And The Book (3 vols complete. Zaehnsdorf bindings)

Robert Browning · 1889 · Dodman Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, Three volume set with attractive full leather Zaehnsdorf bindings. Stock a little toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Spines toned. V.1 has small loss at head of spine and front board is loose but holding. V.2 sees spine strip split at r...

The Battle Of The Bays

Owen Seaman · 1896 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1st Edition, First collection of witty and parodic verse by the future editor of Punch magazine. A little spotting but otherwise in VG order throughout. Green boards with gilt decoration and titling a little worn. 12mo. 86pp + publisher's cat...

CORIDON'S SONG And Other Verses From Various Sources

1894 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1st Edition, Introduction by Austin Dobson. Foxing throughout, otherwise all in good order. Black boards. Paper label to spine darkened. 8vo. 161pp, Hugh Thomson, Fair, No Jacket, 8vo, 161

From The Remains Of Count C. W.

Rainer Maria Rilke (J B Leishman tr.) · 1952 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1st Edition, Reading copy. All in good internal order bar foxing to endpapers and former owners neat signature to ffep. Spine almost completely detached bar last inch which is held on with tape. Remainder is present and laid in. Yellow boards heavily...

The Fifth Element

J Griffyth Fairfax · 1937 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray, 1st Edition, Australian-born Norwich MP and poet Fairfax "presents a selection of lyrical poems and sonnets written since the Great War". It gets off to a cracking start with the preface: "Prefaces, always objectionable, are perhaps doubly so where poetry ...

The Best Poems Of 1928 [with TLS]

Thomas Moult (ed) · 1928 · Dodman Books

£27.50 (€32.96 | $36.33 | ¥5,802)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, Excellent collection, dedicated by editor Moult to the memory of Thomas Hardy. TLS from Moult laid in, to William Courtney, editor of The Fortnightly Review, offering to write a memorial article. Light toning with some foxing to endpapers, ...

WHO SHALL COMMAND THE HEART Being Part IV Of Towards Democracy

Edward Carpenter · 1902 · Dodman Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Swan, Sonnenschein & Co, 1st Edition, Exceptionally scarce first edition of the fourth part of Carpenter's philosophical and spiritual poetry series. Stock toned, moreso to endpapers, but otherwise all in good internal order. Times obituary of Carpenter (1929) pasted i...

Towards Democracy

Edward Carpenter · 1885 · Dodman Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Manchester, John Heywood, 2nd Edition, Second, enlarged edition of Carpenter's most influential book, though only credited as author in copyright line. In good order throughout. Some minor pencil notation. Spotting to edge of block but only rarely intruding onto pages. Signatu...

IBN YAMIN 100 Short Poems The Persian Text With Paraphrase

Ibn Yamin; Brigadier-General E H Rodwell · 1933 · Dodman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1st Edition, Well-regarded translations by Rodwell of the works of Persian poet Ibn Yamin (d.1367). Preface places him in the context of Persian poetry, eg. in reference to Omar Khayyam. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal o...

The Best Poems Of 1939

Thomas Moult (ed) · 1939 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, Contributions from a Who's Who of active poets. A little foxing to endpapers and early/late pages but in general VG internal order. Pages uncut. Patterned cloth covered boards dulled to edges, with quarter green cloth and paper title label t...

THE CANDLE IN THE CABIN A Weaving Together Of Script And Singing

Vachel Lindsay · 1926 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

New York, D Appleton And Company, 1st Edition, Complete with Lindsay's distinctive illustrations for his 'singing poetry' and in VG order throughout. Stock lightly toned, endpapers moreso, with former owner's name neatly to fep. Green cloth only lightly worn but gilt decoratio...