Poesia

Milton's Nativity Ode, Lycidas, Sonnets &c.

MILTON, JOHN / BELL, W. (EDITOR). · 1929 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929. "This selection comprises, with only one notable exception (Comus), all the English poetry that Milton wrote between 1629 and 1660". 17.5cms x 12cms. Pp.xx/230/4(publisher's catalogue), owner's name to front free endpaper, slight toning...

The Cowslip; or More Cautionary Stories in Verse.

[TURNER, ELIZABETH]. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1899. New edition. By the Author of that Much-Admired Little Work Entitled The Daisy. "30 short stories, in verse, providing pearls of parental wisdom and warning the young reader to be obedient, studious, abstemious, free from envy and well behav...

The Poetical Keepsake.

VARIOUS. · 1846 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: William M'Kenny, 1846. Consisting of the Choicest Gems of Poetry, Carefully Selected from the Works of the Most Popular English, American, and Other Writers. 12.5cms x 8cms. All edges gilt. Pp.224, gift message to front free endpaper. Blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt dec...

The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq; In Verse And Prose. Published By Mr. Fenton.

WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687) . · 1744 · Chilton Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, M DCC XLIV. [1744] . 0. A very good half leather binding by "Blackwell". 12mo. 6.75" x 4.0" x 1.25". [16pp.]/pp.295/[4pp.]pp.4 - 168 . Polished brown morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with 5 r...

Poems By Thomas Gray .

GRAY, THOMAS 1716-1771. · 1907 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Eton College : Spottiswoode & Co, Ltd, 1907 . 0. A very good half leather binding with the Eton College Crest. 4to. pp.14/pp.164/[2pp. - Colophon to last leaf: "Eton College: printed by Spottiswoode And Co, Ltd. At The Savile Press"] . + four full-page engravings (inluding fro...

Collected Poems.

STEPHENS, JAMES (1880 - 1950) . · 1926 · Chilton Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London: Macmillan And Co, Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1926 . 0. Signed limited large paper edition. A very good quarter vellum binding. 9.0" x 7.02 x1.0". pp.22/pp.260 . Vellum spine over blue cloth boards. Smooth spine with gilt titles. Endpapers lightly toned. Previous own...

Posh Frocks and Postings. A Second Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1991. 1st edition. "Broadcasts on BFBS to read her poems about the Gulf war, Christmas with the Forces, and others from her book, have all stemmed from the guge success of 'Waiting in the Wings'. Once again, this second book has been illustrat...

Waiting In The Wings. A Collection of Poems.

MAY, MAGGIE. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Aylesbury: BPCC Hazell Books Ltd, 1989. 1st edition. "Having listened to so many RAF) wives bemoaning the problems and frustrations of the nomadic existence, Maggie decided to 'take the lid off' our incredible life' and started this collection of poems..She wanted..to portray ...

Lady of the Beasts.

MORGAN, ROBIN. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York: Random House, 1976. 039440758X. 1st edition, Second volume of poetry by American feminist poet Robin Morgan, following her first "Monster". "Lady of the Beasts is about the varieties of woman's ancient and now re-emerging power, as daughter, wife, mother, lover, prie...

The Castle of Knaresburgh and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff.

ABBAY, RICHARD. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887. 1st edition. The Castle of Knaresburgh: A Tale in Verse of the Civil War in Yorkshire, 1644 and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff: A Yorkshire Legend of the Fifteenth Century. Pp.xiv/337/48(publisher's catalogues), folding map (Prince Rup...

The Dawn in Britain.

DOUGHTY, CHARLES M. · 1943 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. New edition in one volume. Limited edition. 535 copies printed of which 500 only were for sale. This is copy number 312. Published to mark the centenary of his birth (August 19th, 1843) This re-presentation of his epic poem, The Dawn in Britain, is...

A Bower of Delights : being Interwoven verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton. The Weaver Alexander B. Grosart. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1893. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

BRETON, NICHOLAS 1545-1626. [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1893 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1893 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.14/pp.204. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...

'The Poet Of Poets.' The Love-Verse from Minor Poems of Edmund Spencer. Alexander B. Grosart, Editor. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1893. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

SPENSER, EDMUND 1552-1599 [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1893 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1893 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.12/pp.228. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...

Brave Translunary Things, from the Works in Prose and Verse of Ben Jonson. Selected by Alexander B. Grosart. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1895. [ The Elizabethan Library. ]

JONSON, BEN 1573-1637 [ GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH, 1827-1899 ] · 1895 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1895 . 0. Original 19th century quarter leather binding. pp.16/pp.232. 5.75" x 3.50" x 1.00". Brown leather spine with gilt title, over dark green buckram boards. Top page edges gilt, all other edges deckled. Bookplate to verso of the...

The Victories of Love.

PATMORE, COVENTRY. · 1878 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1878. Fourth edition. 18cms x 13cms x 2cms. Pp.256, toning to endpapers. Boards faded and browned, original paper label to spine rubbed with losses, old paper number label to rear board. G-.

The Poems of Li Ho. 791-817.

FRODSHAM, J.D. (TRANSLATOR). · 1970 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. 1st edition. The Oxford Library of East Asian Literatures series. "Though he was highly esteemed during his day, later afes found the work of the 'demon-poet' so strange and difficult that he fell into an oblivion from which recent criticism has ...

Deed of Gift.

DALIBARD, JILL DAWSON. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn, 1995. 0919897460. 1st edition. "The first book of poems by Montreal poet Jill Dawson Dalibard..The poet was born in the village of Long Melford, [Suffolk] England, and emigrated to Canada in 1958." Pp.92. Paperback. VG.

Wyndham Towers.

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY. · 1890 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Boston: Houghton, Miflin and Company, 1890. Originally written as a sketch, this poem was recast using the influence of poets Aldrich had been studying, chiefly the dramatists of the Elizabethan era, although the story is set at a later date. Pp.80, illustrated sepia bookplate...

Tales, Songs And Sonnets, By J. W. Dalby.

DALBY, JOHN WATSON (1799-1880) . - SUDBURY PRINTING . · 1865 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: Longman, Green, Longman And Green, Paternoster Row, [no date c. 1865] . 0. A very good original Victorian cloth binding. 8vo. 6.75" x 4.25" x 0.75". pp.8/pp.184. Green cloth over bevelled boards, with a few small blemishes. Edges rubbed and bumped. original black endpa...

The Works Of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes.

THOMSON, JAMES 1700-1748. · 1773 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London: Printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, B. Law, W. Owen, R. Horsfield, T. Longman, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, G. Kearsley, D. Wilson & Co. T. Cadell, T. Lowndes, T. Davies, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin MDCCLXXIII. [1773] . 0. A very good 4 volume set in...