Poesia

The Echoing Green, three elegies

PETER LEVI · 1983 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Anvil Press Poetry. 1983, First. Soft cover, 5.5" x 8.5". Book, 28 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Poems of John Dryden

DRYDEN / JOHN SARGEAUNT · 1913 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press. 1913, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, 606 pages, India paper, brown cloth, portrait frontis; edited with intro. & textual notes by John Sargeaunt. Some water damage to edges of binding & margins a few pages. Good/No Jacket.

The Sunny Side

A. A. MILNE · 1921 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Methuen. 1921, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Articles, stories & verses, mostly from Punch. Green cloth, gilt spine. Loosely inserted catalogue of Methuen's new books autumn 1921. Spine darkened, ends bruised & a little worn, boards patchily faded, eps little foxed. ...

"Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night"

ROSA HARTWICK THORPE · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, John Walker & Co. 9999, Not Known. Cloth, 4" x 4.75". Ill.: F. T. Merrill and E. H. Garrett. Book, Illus. drawn and engraved under the supervision of George T. Andrew. No date, late 19th cent. All edges gilt, maroon cloth. Internal hinges cracked, pages a bit thumbmark...

Der Lowe und der Hase - Fabeln

SERGEJ MICHALKOV · 1954 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Berlin, Alfred Holz. 1954, Not Known. Hardcover, 7" x 9.5". Ill.: Werner Klemke. Book, 48pages. Poems, trans. Martin Remane. Ausstattung und illustrationen von Werner Klemke; Nachdichtungen aus dem Russischen von Martin Remane. B/w illus. Boards partly faded, few marks, worn o...

Birthday Letters

TED HUGHES · 1998 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Faber & Faber. 1998, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Some slight creasing & rubbing to dustwrapper. Very Good/Good.

The Miltonic Setting, past and present

E. M. W. TILLYARD · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1949, Third Impression. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded, corners slightly bruised. Good/No Jacket.

A Shropshire Lad

A. E. HOUSMAN · 1942 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, The Richards Press. 1942, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Brown cloth, lower edge uncut. Spine dull, a little foxing. Very Good/No Jacket.

Augustan Books of Modern Poetry - Edward Shanks

EDWARD SHANKS · 1926 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Ernest Benn. 9999, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, No date but from internal evidence 1926. Corners and lower edge bit frayed, inch and a half tear bottom of spine, mostly closed. Neat inscr. on front, staples very slightly rusted. Good/No Jacket.

The Wandering Moon

JAMES REEVES · 1961 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Heinemann. 1961, Reprint of New Edn. Hardcover. Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Ex-Library, Collection of poems for children. D/w and b/w pictures in text by Ardizzone. Ex-library, small stamp ffep; d/w frayed a bit at lower edge, encased in paper & polythene, of which some of...

A Letter from Pontus and other Verse

JOHN MASEFIELD · 1936 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, William Heinemann. 1936, First. Cloth. Book, Blue cloth. spine faded. Good/No Jacket.

Eight Poems

ELIZABETH INGLI JAMES · 1985 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Grimaldi Press. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover, 7" x 10". Book, Tipped in woodcut frontis, loose tissue protector. Lower edges uncut. Card wrappers. Very Good/Very Good.

What I'm Doing Now

KEN SMITH · 1980 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Oasis Books. 1980, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, subtitle (and for the Rose Lady) (30/4/80). Eighteen poems, to celebrate the writer's year as writer in residence at Kingston Polytechnic, 1979-1980. White paper covers with black design. 33 pages. Some discolouration...

Limestone 7 & 8

GEOFFREY ADKINS (ED) · 1970 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Limestone Publications. 9999, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, Literary Magazine. Poetry, fiction, criticism, reviews. Authors inc. J. Kazantzis, Wes Magee, Gillian Allnutt, etc. Discolouration left hand inch of cover & top edge of title page. 1970s. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Alternative Perception

JOHN ATKINSON (ED) · 1968 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Margate, Kent, UK, John R. E. Atkinson. 1968, First. Soft cover. Book, An anthology of poems by young and previously unpublished poets. Suhail el Bisharatk, G. Vignes, Celia Barton, H. C. L. Lauder, A. Worthington, Tony Heckstal-Smith, J. B. C. Hurley, R. Guthrie, John Atkinso...

Many Long Years Ago

OGDEN NASH · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Aldine Paperbacks / J. M. Dent. 1967, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, Covers are neatly wrapped in adhesive film. Good/No Jacket.

You Can't Get There from Here

OGDEN NASH · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Aldine Paperbacks / J. M. Dent. 1967, First Thus. Soft cover. Ill.: Maurice Sendak. Book, Some darkening to covers, o/w VG. Illustrated Maurice Sendak. Good/No Jacket.

Modern Occasions

PHILIP RAHV (ED) · 1966 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1966, First GB. Hardcover. Book, New fiction, poetry, drama and criticism by 21 writers, inc. John Barth, Robert Lowell, Mordecai Richler. Dustwrapper price clipped, bit worn on front edge fold, laminate loose by spine. Very Good/Good.

Bed of Stone

VALERIE GILLIES · 1984 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh, Canongate. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Poetry collection. Dustwrapper price clipped. Very Good/Good.

The Ring Around the World

JEAN L'ANSELME · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Rapp & Carroll. 1967, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Poetry Europe Series. Trans. Michael Benedikt. Poetry collection. D/w price clipped and covered with polythene cover which looks as though it may have rubbed it in places. Small tear top edge inside front flap dustw...