Poesia

A Book Of Light Verse.

Leonard, R M (ed) · 1910 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Oxford, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover, 447pp, green cloth covered boards, with light wrinkling to bottom corner. Frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's names on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An anthology of 497 poems, with Notes... Very Good /No Jacket.

Cambridge Commemorated An Anthology Of University Life.

Fowler, Laurence and Helen (editors) · 1989 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Cambridge, 1989. Mass Market Paperback, 1st paperback edition. 384pp, colour illustrated laminated softback covers.B + w illustrations. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. An illustrated anthology of prose and poetry describing life at the University of Cambridge through the ag...

Western Star.

Benet, Stephen Vincent · 1943 · Hessay Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover, 181pp, buff dustjacket, now a little rubbed to the ends of the spine. Hand cut foredge. Internally very clean. A narrative poem of the pioneers by the author of 'John Brown's Body', published after his death... Fine /Very Good.

East Riding Limericks.

Peach, Howard · 1989 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Hutton, 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: Michael Brookes. 51pp, illustrated softback covers. 240 limericks, on the towns and villages of the East Riding of Yorkshire... Fine.

Lyrists Of The Restoration From Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve.

Masefield, John and Constance (ed) · 1930 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Richards, 1930. Hard Cover, 1st reprint of the 1905 edition. Pocket sized. 282pp, green cloth boards. Occasional very small light spots of foxing, gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean. An attractive selection of the poetry of the court of Charles II.. Very Good /No Jac...

The Works Of Francis Thompson Poems Volume II.

Thompson, Francis · 1910 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Burns & Oates, 1111. Hard Cover, Volume II only. 7th thousand. Probably circa 1910 - 20. 228pp, hand made paper. Buff cloth covered boards, slightly faded to the edges, with gilt decoration. Internally clean. An attractive volume... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Seven Seas.

Kipling, Rudyard · 1914 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Methuen, 1914. Hard Cover, 25th edition. 230pp. Brown cloth covered boards, a little faded to edges. Gilt top edge and hand-cut foredge. School prize inscription on inner board, otherwise a clean copy of Kipling's poems... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With Explanatory Notes.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth · 1896 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Henry Frowde, 1111. Three-Quarter Leather, Prize inscription on inner board dated 1896, otherwise internally clean. 630pp, marbled paper covered boards with blue leather spine and quarters, gilt decoration to spine. Marbled foredge. The 'Albion' edition. Slight wear to edges, ...

First Line Index Of English Poetry 1500 1800 In Manuscripts of The Bodleian Library Oxford.

Crum, Margaret (ed) · 1969 · Hessay Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover, 2 heavy Quarto volumes. References to about 23,000 poems from MSS, identified by first and last lines and including short bibliographical and historical notes... As New /As New.

The Poetical Works Of Edmund Spenser in Eight Volumes from the Text of Mr Upton Etc. Volume VII.

Spenser, Edmund · 1788 · Hessay Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

J Bell, 1788. Hard Cover, Pocket sized. 236pp in the original paper covered boards, lacking the spine cover, and worn to the edges. Engraved frontispiece illustration. Internally clean. This volume contains The Shepherd's Calendar, Mother Hubbard's Tale, Prothalamion, Epithala...

The Complete Works Of James Whitcomb Riley Volume 7.

Riley, James Whitcomb · 1916 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collier, 1916. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Memorial edition. Blue cloth boards, colour frontispiece. Ex college reference library, so stamp on rear of frontispiece and on cover, and label and pocket to flyleaf, but never issued so a very clean copy... Very Good.

The Poetical Works Of John Greenleaf Whittier.

Whittier, John Greenleaf · 0 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, 1111. Hard Cover, Mid - Late 19th century. 452pp. Red cloth covered boards, with decoration, wear to top of spine. Engravied ornaments to sections. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Doctor and the Devils from the Story By Donald Taylor.

Thomas, Dylan · 1955 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Dent, 1955. Hard Cover, 138pp, illustrated dustjacket with a liitle wear to the edges. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, a couple of small spots of foxing to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A film scenario written by Dylan Thomas based on the case of the murderers...

Rhymes Of A Rolling Stone.

Service, Robert W · 1918 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

T Fisher Unwin, 1918. Hard Cover, 12th impression. 189 pp, browned with age. Red cloth boards with art deco ornament. Internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

Poemes Choisis.

De Vigny, Alfred Edited By E Allison Peers · 1930 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Manchester, 1930. Hard Cover, 111pp, blue cloth covered boards. Introduction and Notes in English, Text in French. Previous owner's name to inner board, school stamp to flyleaf, otherwise clean. Part of the Manchester University Modern Language Texts series... Very Good /No Ja...

The Bow and the Lyre the Art of Robert Browning.

King, Roma A · 1964 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Ann Arbor Paperbacks University of Michigan Press, 1964. Soft Cover, 162pp, the paper tanning a little with age, softback covers. Internally clean. A study of the work of Robert Browning, seen as the earliest of moderns and a forerunner of Pound and Eliot, with an analysis of ...

The Poetical Works Of William Wordsworth.

Wordsworth, William · 0 · Hessay Books

£26.50 (€31.76 | $35.01 | ¥5,591)

Edinburgh, W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1111. Full-Leather, Ill.: Keeley Halswelle. Probably late 19th century. 552pp, including notes, bevelled edges. Full red leather binding, with author name and decoration to edges in gilt. All edges gilt. Engraved illustrations. A very clea...

The Golden Treasury of English Songs And Lyrics.

Palgrave, Francis Turner · 1971 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Dent, 1971. Mass Market Paperback, Everyman edition 345pp, including Index. Illustrated softback covers. A few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean and tight. The most famous English poetry anthology, first published in 1906.... Very Good.

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.

Scott, Sir Walter · 1866 · Hessay Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Nelson, 1866. Hard Cover, 612pp, iincluding Notes. Green cloth covered boards with gilt and impressed decoration. All edges gilt. Attractive engraved full page illustrations with tissue guards, and an early photograph as frontispiece and as a title page vignettte. Front endpap...

Rupert Brooke The Collected Poems.

Brooke, Rupert and Marsh, Edward · 1926 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1926. Hard Cover, Reprint of the 1st edition. 160pp, brown cloth covered boards with one light mark to front. Sepia portraits. Flyleaf removed, otherwise internally very clean. Includes the Memoir by Edward Marsh... Very Good.