Poesia

The Original Poems and Others. (Illustrated by F.D.Bedford).

TAYLOR, ANN AND JANE AND O'KEEFFE, ADELAIDE. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London: Wells, Gardner and Darton & Co, nd (c.1905). Edited by E.V.Lucas. Top edge gilt. Pp.xl/411, *colour illustrated title page and frontispiece by F.D.Bedford + many further black & white illustrations throughout, small bookseller's label (A.Brooker, Hastings) to inside fr...

Coming Into Eighty. New Poems by May Sarton .

SARTON, MAY (1912-1995) . · 1992 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1992 . 0. Signed limited edition. Colophon (on last leaf) : "This edition, designed by John Kristensen, was printed letterpress from Fairfield type on Mohawk Superfine paper and bound at Firefly press, Somerville, Massachuse...

Dante and His Circle: With the Italian Poets Preceding Him. (1100-1200-1300).

ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. · 1874 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London: Ellis and White, 1874. A Collection of Lyrics, Edited, and Translated in the Original Metres, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Revised and Re-arranged Edition. Contains: Part I.Dante's Vita Nuova,&c. Poets of Dante's Circle. Part II.Poets Chiefly Before Dante. Pp.xxiv/468/3(...

Sister Songs. An Offering to Two Sisters.

THOMPSON, FRANCIS. · 1910 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Burns & Oates, 1910. By the author of "The Hound of Heaven". 20.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp.65/4(publisher's ads, foxing to endpapers, spot to closed page edges. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine, slightly rubbed. G+.

Underneath The Bough. A Poesie of Other Men's Flowers.

THOMPSON, THEODORA. (COMPILER). · 0 · Chilton Books

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London: John Lane/ The Bodley Head, nd. 7th edition. Anthology of poetry and quotations. 16.5cms x 10cms x 2cms. Top edge gilt. Pp.462/6 (publisher's catalogue), green illustrated endpapers spotted, frontispiece illustration plus decorated title page. Green cloth with gilt tit...

Gray. Poems Published in 1768.

GRAY, THOMAS. · 1909 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Henry Frowde, 1909. Facsimile edition. "reprinted, page for page and line for line, from a copy of the edition of 1768 kindly lent for the purpose by Professor W.Bang. The other poems published in Gray's lifetime (Ode Performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge and A Lo...

New Legends . Poems By Hervey Allen .

ALLEN, HERVEY [ WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN 1889-1949] / PRIESTLEY, J. B. (SIGNED) . · 1929 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

New York : Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, On Murray Hill, MCMXXIX [ 1929 ] . 0. Signed first edition. 19.5cm x 5.25" x 2.0cm [7.75" x 5.25" x 0.75"]. pp.13/pp.168 . Original black cloth covered boards, edges lightly rubbed, with bright gilt titles to front board. Spine titles...

Original Poems Illustrated.

ANON. · 1868 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1868. Victorian poetry for children. 20.5cms x 15cms. Pp.xiv/190/2(publisher's catalogue), engraved illustrations throughout, some pages a little loose, spotting throughout, gift message to inner front endpaper, a few small losses to pages. Dar...

The Life and Works of William Cowper. Complete in One Volume.

COWPER, WILLIAM / GRIMSHAWE, REV.T.S.(EDITOR). · 1865 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London: William Tegg, 1865. Seventh edition. 'The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence'. 24cms x 16.5cms. Pp.xx/736, engraved portrait frontispiece + title page and further 5 engraved ...

Eon The Good and Other Poems.

MURRAY, CHARLOTTE. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London: James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1896. 1st edition. Pp.viii/125, black & white portrait photograph frontispiece. White pebbled cloth a little soiled. Scarce. G+.

Poems in Pamphlet 1952. III. Drift. Poems and Sonnets.

BULL, A.J. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Aldington: The Hand and Flower Press, 1952. 1st edition. Poems in Pamphlet was a monthly publication with each devoted to the work of a different poet. Pp.88, initialled dedication "For John Atkins, with sincerest good wishes, AJB" to title page, a couple of marginal notations...

Sudbury Leaflets : Poetry and Prose, Original And Selected.

[ WRIGHT, JAMES ] . · 1864 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London : A. W. Bennett, Bishopsgate Street. / Sudbury: J. Wright, 1864. 0. First edition. A very good original Victorian Binding. 8vo. 7.5" x 4.5" x 0.75". pp.8/pp.156 . Green cloth covered boards, with blind-stamped decoration. Gilt title: "Sudbury Leaflets." to top of the fr...

Chromatic Airs. A Selection of Verse.

BULL, ARTHUR J. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Chorley: The Chorley Guardian Co Ltd, 1948. 1st edition. Collection of poetry. Pp.80, signed by the author "Most Faithfully Yors, Arthur J.Bull" to reverse of title page.Paperback, faded to edges. Good.

Jousts of Aphrodite. Erotic Verse Translated from the Original Greek.

KELLY, MICHAEL. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Chingford: Forest Books, 1986. 0948259345. 1st edition. "The erotic content of the Greek Anthology, a collection of poems assembled by Byzantine scholars nearly a thousand years ago, has long been consigned to the obscurity of specialized academic study. Here, in his humorous ...

Natural Causes. (Signed).

MOTION, ANDREW. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. 070113271X. 1st edition. Collection of poems written by the future Poet Laureate (1999 to 2009). Pp.57, inscribed by the author (Robin love Andrew) to title page with a line through the author's printed name, owner's name "Robin Duthy" to front f...

Nuremberg. A Poem.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. · 1890 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Nuremberg: Joh.Leonh. Schrag, nd (c.1890). 3rd edition. 16cms x 12cms. All edges gilt. Pp.13/6(ads), 7 engravings. Black cloth over flexible card cover, gilt title to front, covers rubbed with uneven discolouration. G+.

When the Words are Gone.

SCOTT, HARDIMAN. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Chatto and Windus/The Hogarth Press, 1972 0701119144. 1st edition. The Phoenix Living Poets series. "The majority of poems in this collection are concerned with East Anglia, its natural and human and historical landscapes, and particularly the first of these, in the fo...

Leaves From a Notebook.

RAMSDEN, CHARLES. · 1931 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

York: Wm. Stevens, Yorkshire Printing Works, 1931. Poetry. Pp.22, spotting throughout, scuffing to title page. Brown card covers rubbed with edge wear. Good.

The Shaping of Modern French Poetry. Reflections on Unrhymed Poetic Form 1840-1990.

LITTLE, ROGER. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1995. 1857541898. 1st edition. "This book is uniquely designed for those interested in the radical possibilities of poetry, and for students of French literature at graduate and undergraduate level." Pp.viii/117, mild spotting to closed page edges n...

The Decision and the Consequence.

BELTON, C. · 1932 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Privately published, nd.(c.1932). Being Three Scenes from Old Jerusalem written in verse. Vision I. The Voice of the People; Vision II. The Voice of God - Grace; Vision III. The Voice of God - Judgment. Pp.viii/131, sepia frontispiece illustrations + 2 further sepia il...