Poesia

Rhymes for a Grandchild.

GILL, JEAN. · 0 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Woodbridge: Privately published, nd. Collection of poems for children with line drawing illustrations by Valentine Hale Boyden occasionally throughout. Cream card covers. VG.

Pages of Page's.

PAGE, CANON CLIFF. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Tatura(Australia: Canon Cliff Page, 1983. 0959194002. 1st edition. "In some of the verses there is deep Christian understanding - in a form that brings spiritual truths direct to the heart of the reader. There is in these verses a simplicity that reflects their background in c...

French Poems of To-Day. An Anthology.

PAYEN-PAYNE, DE V. & CLARKE, ISABELLE H. · 1926 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London; Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1926. 2nd impression. Pp.xvi/240, foxing to first few pages, a few light pencil annotations. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Good.

Miriam and Other Poems.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF. · 1871 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Boston: James R.Osgood and Company, 1871. Pp.106, toning to pages. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. Good. **John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the...

Folia Caduca.

BEACON, ROBERT. · 1901 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: James Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1901. Collection of descriptive, musical, occasional, memorial, and devotional poetry and blank verse. Includes poems on Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, Cumberland, Scotland, and Dorset. Pp.120. Cream boards with gilt title to front and spine, a lit...

Reasons. Poems by Yvonne Harrison.

HARRISON, YVONNE. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Chichester: New Wine Press, 1989. 0947852565. "The poems express Yvonne's personal faith in Jesus, many taking the form of prayers." Pp.48. Paperback. VG.

Poems.

TABER, OLIVIA BETTY. · 2013 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Lavenham: Privately printed, 2013. One of 50 copies printed for private circulation for family and friends, with wood engravings by Yvonne Skargon. Pp.48, wood engravings of flora and fauna throughout, inscribed by the author "To Douglas & Margaret with love from Betty May 2nd...

Hymns and Poems.

RAMSBOTTOM, REV.GEORGE F. · 1894 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Spottiswoode and Co, 1894. Original 1st edition. The poems "were written when I lived in one of the most lovely dales in Derbyshire; and it will be seen that most of those which are not purely Scriptural in character are founded upon incidents occurring among a people ...

Poems by John Terry.

TERRY, JOHN. · 1963 · Chilton Books

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Stratford-upon-Avon: Herald Press, nd.(c.1963). Collection of poems written between the 1940s and 1962. Unpaginated.Illustrated title page. Gift message from Margaret J.Terry to inside front board + short hand-written note from M.J.Terry (the author's wife??) loosely inserted....

The Lover's Missal.

MACKAY, ERIC. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Walter Scott Limited, 1897. Limited edition of six thousand copies. By the author of "The Love-Letters of a Violinist".14cms x 11cms. Pp.243/10(ads for other publications), light spotting to endpapers and closed page edges. Green cloth with gilt decorated title to fron...

Thorns and Mary-Lilies.

HENDERSON, JOHN. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1949. Collection of poetry, dedicated to the author's late wife. Pp.63. Blue cloth, gilt title to front board, minor bump to fore-edge. VG.

Sitting on the Fence. In Verse.

CLOUGH, ALAN. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ipswich: KDS, 1992. One of 100 copies. Fifty poems. Unpaginated. Signed by the author to title page. Paperback, slightly rubbed to rear. VG.

Listen.

HEAD, KATE. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Minerva Press, 1997. 1861061005. 1st edition. "In this original collection of poetry Kate Head deals with highly topical issues sometimes in a lighthearted manner and sometimes with a profound and disturbing realism, but always with a deep understanding of human emotio...

Poetry For Charity. (signed).

MAYES, DEREK WYNDHAM. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Halstead: Press and PR Services, 1994. Collection of poetry originally published for the benefit of local Halstead (Essex) charities. Pp.48, signed by the author to title page. Blue card wraps, gilt title to front, cover has uneven sunning. G+.

Songs From The Flaming Years. Poems from Budapest 1938 and after.

GRAHAM-BROWN, CHARLES. [1915-1943]. · 1991 · Chilton Books

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Colchester: Privately published(Felicity Hart), 1991. Charles Godfrey Graham-Brown taught English at the Berlitz School of Languages in 1938. "In the Spring of 1939 he returned to England and worked in a literary agency. Throughout these years he was writing poems, stories, an...

Reveries in Rhyme: Being A Medley of Musings for the Million. Grave, Gay, and Grotesque.

RICHARDSON, JOHN DUNCAN. · 1886 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hull: Charles Henry Barnwell, 1886. Contents include: Song-Sermons; In Memoriam Poems; Melodies for Music; Temperance Ballads; Miscellaneous Poems; Parodies; Acrostics; Local Lays; Holiday Idyls; Merry Musings; Variety Verses. 16.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.xii/138, front free endpaper...

Thinking Aloud. Verses.

THOMAS, DICK. · 0 · Chilton Books

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Privately published, nd. Verses by Dick Thomas. Times I Have Told You. Pp.128, occasional line illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Heartspeak. A Contemplative Chorus.

STOLARSKI, PIOTR. (EDITOR). · 2011 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Tignarius Publications, 2011. "The poets represented in this volume speak from their hearts..What they have in common across the widest variety of styles and interests, is that they are Christians. Their inspiration - beyond culture or fashion - is Jesus Christ - their...

The Lyrical Woodlands.

SACKVILLE, MARGARET AND RAGG, LONSDALE(ILLUSTRATOR). · 1945 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leigh-on-Sea: F.Lewis, 1945. 1st edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Poems with black & white pencil drawings by Lonsdale Ragg. 28.5cms x 19.5cms. Pp.35, 12 poems + 12 pencil illustrations of trees. Green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

Flowers and Poems.

EMSLIE, GEORGE.(COMPILER). · 1943 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Leigh-on-Sea: F.Lewis, 1943. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Anthology of poems about flowers with accompanying colour illustrations. 26.5cms x 18.5cms. Printed on green paper(war-time). Pp.33, poems with 12 colour plates tipped-in to facing pages. Red cloth, gilt title to fro...