Poesia

Selected Poems

WILLIAM BLAKE, ED. RUTHVEN TODD · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Grey Walls Press. 1949, First this Collection. Hardcover. Book, Crown Classics. Some wear to dustwrapper, small tears end of spine; some browning endpapers. Very Good/Good.

Rod McKuen Omnibus: Listen to the Warm; Lonesome Cities; Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows; + Fourteen New Poems

ROD MCKUEN · 1976 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, W.H. Allen. 1976, Second Collected Edition. (ISBN: 0491017243) Hardcover. Book, Corners slightly bruised, some creasing to dustwrapper. Very Good/Good.

A Book of Verses for Children

EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS · 1926 · Marion Pitman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1926, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: F. D. Bedford. Book, Beige cloth with picture of two children with books sitting on a sofa. Cloth a little grubby,corners worn, front hinge weak. Lovely colour endpaper and title page illustrations by F D Bedford. Good/N...

Gedichte

FRANZ WERFEL · 1927 · Marion Pitman Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Berlin, Paul Zsolnay. 1927, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small nick edge of back board. Red cloth, gilt spine, portrait frontispiece. Small stamp;on title page "Printed in Austria" Text in German. Very Good/No Jacket.

Milton

HILAIRE BELLOC · 1935 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Cassell. 1935, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Black cloth, faded in places; endpapers bit brown, slight stain on fore-edge. Nice former owner's bookplate with the verse beginning "A little learning is a dangerous thing", with the next three lines that no-one ever quot...

Selected Poems - the Ormond Poets

JOHN KEATS · 1928 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Noel Douglas. 1928, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Glassine wrapper torn on spine, name crossed out on title page, top edge speckled, otherwise very good condition. Ormond Poets no. 15, edited G D H & M I Cole. Very Good/Good.

Ballads and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Vilanelles, Etc

GLEESON WHITE (EDITOR) · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London & Felling-on-Tyne, Walter Scott. The Canterbury Poets. Hardcover, 4.25" x 5.5". Book, Embossed red cloth gilt; top edge gilt. Spine very faded, worn at ends, otherwise very good condition. Bookplate and address stamp on endpapers. Very Good/No Jacket.

Original Poems for Infant Minds (vol 1 only)

SEVERAL YOUNG PERSONS · 1859 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. 1859, New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Book, Engraved frontispiece Idle Richard and the Goat, printed slightly out of focus. Small volume of Improving Moral verses, depressingly Virtuous. Embossed dark blue cloth gilt, some wear to ends of ...

Hampdens Going Over

HERBERT CORBY · 1945 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Editions Poetry London. 1945, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Spine split, piece missing; dustwrapper very frayed and torn. Poems of life in the R.A.F. Fairly Good/Fair.

Isaac Lamdan: Study in Twentieth Century Hebrew Poetry (Study in Modern Hebrew Literature)

LEON I. YUDKIN · 1971 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, East and West Library. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0852222777) Hardcover. Ex-Library, Corners bit bruised, top edge foxed. Labels and stamps from Brodetsky Library, Hillel House. Contents very good. Good/No Jacket.

The Blind Buccaneer

BASIL SOMERSET · 1927 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Fowler Wright. 1927, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Small booklet, staples rusted. 31 pages, narrative poem set in the time of Charles II. Inscribed to a friend "A J S, 1959", with (A.J.S.) written beside the author's name on the title page. A few emendations have be...

The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast

0 · Marion Pitman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

New World Press. (ISBN: 9787802286016) Soft cover. Book, Classic Chinese tragic love story, long narative poem. Text entirely in Chinese. Large paperback, a little wear on edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

Songs of Aftermath

MARY LLOYD MCCONNEL · 1927 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Otley, William Walker. 1927, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Binding a little worn on edges, spine discoloured. Seems to be verses in memory of the author's brother, of whom there is a portrait. Good/No Jacket.

Poems in the Porch

JOHN BETJEMAN · 1955 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, S. P. C. K. SPCK. 1955, Reprint of 1st Edn. Soft cover. Ill.: John Piper. Book, Illustrated card covers, 22 pages. Written for broadcasting on Western Region radio, at request of Martin Willson, Director of Religious Broadcasting. Covers a little grubby and slightly cr...

The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans

FELICIA HEMANS, EDITED WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI · 1896 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London, Ward, Lock & Bowden. 1896, Edition not Stated. Hard Cover, Red Leather. Book, A few gatherings very slightly loose; endpapers brown; card with gift message on flyleaf, dated 1896; dark red leather worn on ends of spine, rather frayed at top end. Portrait frontispiece; ...

Select Elegies of Propertius, Edited with Introduction, Notes and Appendices

J. P. POSTGATE (ED) · 1901 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Macmillan. 1901, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Cloth a bit discoloured; writing on prelims, page after title page has been torn out, and five pages in the middle of the text are heavily annotated. Otherwise good condition!. Fair/No Jacket.

A Little Book of Songs

ARTHUR L. SALMON · 1908 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons. 1908, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Covers a little worn, spine split at base. Small format, card covers, 93 pages. Verses that have mostly appeared in Evening Standard and St James's Gazette, & Pall Mall Gazette. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Crest of the Broken Wave, a novel of the life and loves of Robert Burns

JAMES BARKE · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, Collins. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper has some edge tears bottom front and a small piece missing. Name on half title. Very Good/Good.

Shadows from the Greater Hill

TESSA RANSFORD · 1987 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Edinburgh, Ramsay Head Press. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0902859943) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper price-clipped. Very Good/Good.

Elijah's Ravens

HAL PORTER · 1968 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1968, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper price-clipped, and worn and frayed on edges. Very Good/Good.